Value Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’

Language:
Sranan
Parameter:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking
References
Plag 1993: 36-53; Wilner 2007: 148

Examples

  1. A bonuman taigi a frow taki a musu weri wan bereketi fu kan kon betre.
    A
    art
    bonuman
    medicine.man
    taigi
    tell
    a
    art
    frow
    woman
    taki
    that
    a
    3sg
    musu
    must
    weri
    wear
    wan
    art
    bereketi
    belly.chain
    fu
    for
    kan
    can
    kon
    come
    betre.
    better
    The medicine man told the woman that she had to wear a chain around her waist in order to get better.

    See Wilner 2007: 25