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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
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
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