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The only explanation to the phenomenon shown by the two
sentences above seems to be one similar to the explanation
of raising to object phenomenon in English. The subject of
the complement is not omitted, but rather placed in the
object position of the main clause and cliticized to the
verb in the form of an enclitic.
It is not clear, however, if the subject of the
complement is ever placed in this position in its full form.
This is difficult to show in Acehnese because, unlike
English, the predicate of the complement in Acehnese is
always the same. In both (a) and (b) in the examples above,
the predicate is salah. However, the following variant seems
to indicate that the full form does occur in that position
before passive.
114. Geutanyoe geu-anggap le guru salah.
We inc 3r-consider by teacher guilty
'We are considered guilty by the teacher.'
It has been argued that both the subject and the object
of the complement can be placed in the pre-verbal position
of the main clause without having to go through raising to
object and passive. 7 But, unless the optional complementizer
nvang is omitted first, we may produce unacceptable
sentences, such as the following.
7 See Durie (1982 and 1987)