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Example 23-170
all black man savey, no kidnapping now
all
all
black
black
man
man
savey,
know
no
neg
kidnapping
kidnapping
now
now
Melanesians know that there's no kidnapping now.
Comment:
This example was collected by Terry Crowley.
Type:
historical representation of speech
Source:
Moresby 1876
: 96
Language:
Bislama
by
Miriam Meyerhoff
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing: No complementizer
Savvy: A savvy word exists
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