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Example 23-153
mi harem
olsem
mi sore long pikinini ia
mi
1sg
harem
feel
olsem
comp
mi
1sg
sore
sorry
long
for
pikinini
child
ia
def
I felt like I was sorry for the child.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Meyerhoff nd
Language:
Bislama
by
Miriam Meyerhoff
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing: Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’
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