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Example 12-242
I know say the bill only $4.00.
I
1sg
.
sbj
know
know
say
comp
the
art
bill
bill
only
only
$4.00.
$4.00
I know the bill is/was only four dollars.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Holm and Shilling 1982
: 176
Language:
Bahamian Creole
by
Stephanie Hackert
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing: Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’
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