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Example 32-159
Es ta dzê
kma
pédra tanben ta seí kór.
Es
they
ta
prs
dzê
say
kma
comp
pédra
stone
tanben
also
ta
prs
seí
come.out
kór.
expensive
They say that stones also come out expensive.
Portuguese:
Dizem que as pedras também saem caro.
Comment:
Complementizers
ma
and
k
are also possible (neither is based on 'say').
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Swolkien de Sousa 2012
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente
by
Dominika Swolkien
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’
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