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Value No complementizer
Language:
Bislama
Parameter:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing
References
Meyerhoff 2002
;
Meyerhoff 2008
Examples
mi save man ia i nogud nating
mi
1sg
save
know
man
man
ia
def
i
agr
nogud
no.good
nating
nothing
I know that man's completely awful.
all black man savey, no kidnapping now
all
all
black
black
man
man
savey,
know
no
neg
kidnapping
kidnapping
now
now
Melanesians know that there's no kidnapping now.
See
Moresby 1876
: 96
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