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Example 8-145
Dem taak
se
a mi a kyar nyuuz.
Dem
3pl
taak
talk
se
comp
a
foc
mi
1sg
a
prog
kyar
carry
nyuuz.
news
They are saying that I am the one spreading gossip.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Jamaican
by
Joseph T. Farquharson
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’
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