Value Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’

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

Examples

  1. 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