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Example 21-133
to say that he was sorry
to
to
say
say
that
comp
he
3sg
was
be.
pst
sorry
sorry
to say that he was sorry
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Lim 2004
: 50
Language:
Singlish
by
Lisa Lim
and
Umberto Ansaldo
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’
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