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Example 16-140
dè tɛl mì
se
dè gò put mì fɔ bɛd tɔp
dè
3pl
tɛl
tell
mì
1sg
.
obj
se
comp
dè
3pl
gò
fut
put
put
mì
1sg
.
obj
fɔ
for
bɛd
bed
tɔp
top
They told me that they would put me in a bed.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Huber 1999
: 188
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
by
Magnus Huber
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’
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