Value Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’

Language:
Santome
Parameter:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing

Examples

  1. Ê na ta sêbê kuma kwa sa pe dê fa.
    Ê
    3sg
    na
    neg
    ta
    pst
    sêbê
    know
    kuma
    comp
    kwa
    thing
    sa
    be
    pe
    father
    dê
    3sg.poss
    fa.
    neg
    He didn’t know that it was his father.
  2. A na ta sêbê ku ê sa mwala.
    A
    imprs
    na
    neg
    ta
    pst
    sêbê
    know
    ku
    comp
    ê
    3sg
    sa
    cop
    mwala.
    woman
    They didn’t know that it was a woman.