Value No complementizer

Language:
Berbice Dutch
Parameter:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking
References
Kouwenberg 1994: 323-7, 329-336, 403-407; Kouwenberg 2007: 33-5, 43

Examples

  1. o bi di blur pam bi da iʃ drai
    o
    3sg
    bi
    say
    di
    the
    bluru
    brother
    pama
    tell
    bi
    say
    dat
    let
    iʃi
    2pl
    drai
    turn
    He said his brother told (him): let us turn back.

    See Kouwenberg 1994: 333