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Value Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
Parameter:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking
References
Huber 1999
: 188-190
Examples
dè tɛl mì
se
dè gò put mì fɔ bɛd tɔp
dè
3pl
tɛl
tell
mì
1sg
.
obj
se
comp
dè
3pl
gò
fut
put
put
mì
1sg
.
obj
fɔ
for
bɛd
bed
tɔp
top
They told me that they would put me in a bed.
See
Huber 1999
: 188
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