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Example 7-229
Wan a dem se
hou...
Wan
one
a
of
dem
3pl
se
say
hou...
how
One of them said that...
Comment:
The verb
tel
('tell') could be used with complementizers
hou
or
dat
or
dat
hou.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Prescod 2004
: A14
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’
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