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Value Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’
Language:
Angolar
Parameter:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking
References
Maurer 1995
: 112-117
Examples
Ê patha fa
ya
m ovo ki m'me [...].
Ê
3sg
patha
pass
fa
say
ya
comp
m
1sg
ovo
self
ki
rel
m'me
eat
[...].
[...]
He passed by and said that I had eaten it myself [...].
French:
Il est passé dire que c'était moi-même qui l'avais mangé [...].
See
Maurer 1995
: 116
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