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Example 56-179
Mon dir li pourdir nou pou al Bamberg demen.
Mon
1sg
dir
tell
li
3sg
pourdir
compl
nou
1pl
pou
fut
al
go
Bamberg
Bamberg
demen.
tomorrow
I tell her that we will go to Bamberg tomorrow.
Comment:
The complementizer
pourdir
is transparent and can be separated into two monomorphemic lexemes
pour
'for, to' and
dir
'say
'.
The use of the complementizer
pourdir
seems to put emphasis on the confirmation of the act of telling.
Type:
constructed by native speaker
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Seychelles Creole
by
Susanne Maria Michaelis
and
Marcel Rosalie
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: Complementizer consists of ‘say’ plus some other marker
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