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Value Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’
Language:
Tok Pisin
Parameter:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking
Examples
Em tok
olsem
mi mas skul na kisim gutpela save.
Em
3sg
tok
talk
olsem
like
mi
1sg
mas
must
skul
school
na
and
kisim
get
gut-pela
good-
mod
save.
knowledge
He said I must go to school and acquire good knowledge.
See
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: 15 year old boy, West Sepik
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