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Example 44-165
[...] pára hablá
ki
lótro ta na álta sosyedád.
[...]
[...]
pára
for
hablá
say
ki
that
lótro
3pl
ta
be.
loc
na
loc
álta
high
sosyedád.
society
[...] to say that they are in the high society.
Comment:
The use of the complementizer is not common in the spoken discourse.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own data
Language:
Ternate Chabacano
by
Eeva Sippola
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’
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