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Example 11-296
Ai doun waa dem nou
se
Ai tiif di ring.
Ai
1sg
doun
neg
waa
want
dem
3pl
nou
know
se
comp
Ai
1sg
tiif
steal
di
art
.
def
ring.
ring
I don’t want them to know I stole the ring.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing: Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’
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