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Example 14-131
She told me say she wasn't going to church.
She
she
told
told
me
me
say
say
she
she
wasn't
wasn't
going
going
to
to
church.
church
She told me that she wasn't going to church.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
African American English
by
Lisa Green
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’
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