Value Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’

Language:
Santome
Parameter:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking

Examples

  1. Tudu pôvô ska glita kuma a ka ntela motxi ku vivu.
    Tudu
    all
    pôvô
    people
    ska
    prog
    glita
    scream
    kuma
    comp
    a
    imprs
    ka
    ipfv
    ntela
    bury
    motxi
    dead
    ku
    with
    vivu.
    living
    Everybody was screaming that they buried the dead and the living.
  2. San fla kuma inen kwa se sa xinja bodo kinte.
    San
    she
    fla
    say
    kuma
    comp
    inen
    3pl.def
    kwa
    thing
    se
    dem
    sa
    cop
    xinja
    ash
    bodo
    side
    kinte.
    garden
    She said that those things were ashes from the side of the garden.