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Value Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’
Language:
Creolese
Parameter:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking
References
Rickford 1987
: 160
Examples
shi tel am
se
ii go sok am
shi
3sg
tel
talk
am
3sg
.
obj
se
say
ii
3sg
go
will
sok
suck
am
3sg
.
obj
She told him that she would suck his blood.
See
Rickford 1987
: 160, line 495
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