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Value Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’
Language:
Sranan
Parameter:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking
References
Plag 1993
: 36-53
;
Wilner 2007
: 148
Examples
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
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