Value Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’

Language:
Creolese
Parameter:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking
References
Rickford 1987: 160

Examples

  1. 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