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Value Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’
Language:
Bahamian Creole
Parameter:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking
Examples
He tell me
say
he been in - uh - what you call when you go Miami - uh - what you call that?
He
3sg
.
m
.
sbj
tell
tell[
pfv
]
me
1sg
.
obj
say
comp
he
3sg
.
m
.
sbj
been
cop
.
pst
in
prep
[...]
[...]
what
what
you
2sg
.
sbj
call
call
when
when
you
2sg
.
sbj
go
go
Miami
Miami
[...]?
[...]?
He told me he had been in - uh - what do you call when people used to go to Miami - uh - what do you call that [...]?
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