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Example 29-189
Sy sê
dat
Jan siek is.
Sy
3sg
.
f
.
nom
sê
say
dat
that
Jan
John
siek
ill
is.
is
She says that John is ill.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Afrikaans
by
Hans den Besten
and
Theresa Biberauer
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’
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