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Value Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’
Language:
Gullah
Parameter:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing
References
Cunningham 1992
: 128
Examples
Den dey gwine know say wa dey beena do ain right.
Then
then
they
they
going
going
know
know
say
comp
what
what
they
they
been-a
pst
-
prog
do
do
ain't
neg
.
aux
right.
right
Then they are going to know that what they have been doing is not right. (2 Tm 2.26)
See
Anonymous 2005
: 731
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