Value Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’

Language:
Angolar
Parameter:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking
References
Maurer 1995: 112-117

Examples

  1. 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