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Example 7-231
Hi no
da
hou
shi sik.
Hi
3sg
no
know
da
that
hou
how
shi
3sg
sik.
sick
He knows that she is ill.
Comment:
Da hou
serves as the complementizer but
da
and
hou
could be used singly or omitted (cf. Examples 232 and 233).
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing: Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’
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