Value Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’

Language:
Negerhollands
Parameter:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking
References
Josselin de Jong 1926: 11-68

Examples

  1. Am nōit sa prāt sē a Tekoma a mata di kui.
    Am
    3sg
    nōit
    never
    sa
    fut
    prāt
    talk
    sē
    say
    a
    cop
    Tekoma
    Tekoma
    a
    pst
    mata
    kill
    di
    det
    kui.
    cow
    He will never tell that it was Tekoma who killed the cow.

    See van Diggelen 1978: 71