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Example 10-219
So Beda Taiga gaan an tel di King
se
Beda Naansi da fi him faada bes raiding haas.
So
so
Beda
Brother
Taiga
Tiger
gaan
go.
ant
an
and
tel
tell
di
art
.
def
King
King
se
comp
Beda
Brother
Naansi
Anansi
da
foc
fi
for
him
3sg
faada
father
bes
best
raiding
riding
haas.
horse
So Brother Tiger went and told the KIng that Brother Anansi was his father’s best riding horse.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Unpublished field recordings
Language:
San Andres Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’
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