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Value Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’
Language:
Berbice Dutch
Parameter:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking
References
Kouwenberg 1994
: 323-7, 329-336, 403-407
;
Kouwenberg 2007
: 33-5, 43
Examples
o bi
dat
ani wɛtɛ kɛna bin kumtɛ fan ɛk ni waŋʃi ka
o
3sg
bi
say
dati
comp
andri
other
wɛtɛ
white
kɛnɛ-apu
peron-
pl
bin
tns
kumu-tɛ
come-
prf
fan
from
ɛkɛ
1sg
nimi
know
wanga-ʃi
where-side
ka
neg
He said that some white people had come from I don't know where.
See
Kouwenberg 1994
: 332
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