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Example 40-125
El hal-o el lə ʋi
puris.
El
3sg
hal-o
say-
pst
el
3sg
lə
fut
ʋi
come
puris.
comp
He said that he would come.
Comment:
Occasionally, one finds double COMP phrase, as in:
El halo ki el lə ʋi puris
. [3SG say.PST COMP 3SG FUT come COMP] 'He said that he would come.'
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Clements 1996
: 183
Language:
Korlai
by
J. Clancy Clements
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’
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