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Value Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’
Language:
San Andres Creole English
Parameter:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing
References
Bartens 2003
: 122
Examples
Unu nuo
se
dehn kaal mi?
Unu
2pl
nuo
know
se
comp
dehn
3pl
kaal
call
mi?
1sg
Did you know they called for me?
An di daata nuo
se
da neva ihn muma.
An
and
di
art
.
def
daata
daughter
nuo
know
se
comp
da
foc
neva
neg
.
pst
ihn
3sg
.
poss
muma.
mother
And the daughter knew that it wasn’t her mother.
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