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Value Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’
Language:
Tok Pisin
Parameter:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing
Examples
Ol i save
se
papa bilong ol i no bilong ples bilong mi.
Ol
3pl
i
pm
save
know
se
comp
papa
father
bilong
poss
ol
3pl
i
pm
no
neg
bilong
poss
ples
village
bilong
poss
mi.
1sg
They knew that their father was not from my village.
See
Smith 2002
: 160, ENB F19
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