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Value Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’
Language:
Bislama
Parameter:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing
References
Meyerhoff 2002
;
Meyerhoff 2008
Examples
Oli save
se
wanem we gavman hemi mekem ino stret.
Oli
agr
save
know
se
comp
wanem
what
we
comp
gavman
government
hemi
3sg
.
agr
mekem
make
ino
agr
.
neg
stret.
straight
They know that what the government is doing is wrong.
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