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Value Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’
Language:
Bislama
Parameter:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing
References
Meyerhoff 2002
;
Meyerhoff 2008
Examples
mi harem
olsem
mi sore long pikinini ia
mi
1sg
harem
feel
olsem
comp
mi
1sg
sore
sorry
long
for
pikinini
child
ia
def
I felt like I was sorry for the child.
See
Meyerhoff nd
mi luk olsem bubu ia i kakae fulap tumas
mi
1sg
luk
look
olsem
comp
bubu
grandparent
ia
def
i
agr
kakae
eat
fulap
full.up
tumas
very
It seems to me that/like this grandmother eats too much.
See
Meyerhoff nd
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