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Value Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’
Language:
Negerhollands
Parameter:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking
References
Josselin de Jong 1926
: 11-68
Examples
Di pushi sē,
dat
di roto a du di, na am.
Di
det
pushi
cat
sē,
say
dat
that
di
det
roto
rat
a
pst
du
do
di,
det
na
neg
am.
3sg
The cat said that the rat did it, not he.
See
Josselin de Jong 1926
: 32
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