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Authors
Value Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’
Language:
Early Sranan
Parameter:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking
References
Plag 1995
;
Plag 1993
;
van den Berg 2007
: 316ff
Examples
Joe ben takie gie em
datie
mie dee na hoso.
Yu
2sg
ben
pst
taki
say
gi
to
en
3sg
dati
that
me
1sg
de
cop
na
loc
oso.
house
Did you tell him that I'm at home?
Dutch:
Hebt gy hem gezegd dat ik t'huis was. [op.cit.]
See
Weygandt 1798
: 91
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