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Example 28-156
o bi di blur pam bi da iʃ drai
o
3sg
bi
say
di
the
bluru
brother
pama
tell
bi
say
dat
let
iʃi
2pl
drai
turn
He said his brother told (him): let us turn back.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Kouwenberg 1994
: 333
Language:
Berbice Dutch
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: No complementizer
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