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Example 53-358
Ye di piti-ye se sòti dan dechou, ye te tronpe nouzòt.
Ye
3pl
di
say
__
__
piti-ye
child-
art
.
def
.
pl
se
ipfv
sòti
come.out
dan
from
dechou,
cabbage
ye
3pl
te
pst
tronpe
trick
nouzòt.
1pl
They said children came from cabbages, they tricked us.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Klingler 2003
: 367
Language:
Louisiana Creole
by
Ingrid Neumann-Holzschuh
and
Thomas A. Klingler
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: No complementizer
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