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Example 32-162
El sabê vida e difisil.
El
3sg
sabê
know
Ø
Ø
vida
life
e
cop
difisil.
difficult
She knows life is difficult.
Portuguese:
Ela sabe que a vida é difícil.
Comment:
Here, there is zero complementizer (Ø).
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Swolkien de Sousa 2012
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente
by
Dominika Swolkien
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing: No complementizer
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