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Value Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’
Language:
Creolese
Parameter:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing
References
Rickford 1987
: 148 (line 386)
;
Rickford 1987
: 223, line 1091
Examples
mi biliiv
si
di piknii ded
mi
1sg
biliiv
believe
si
say
di
the
piknii
child
ded
dead
I believed that the child had died.
See
Rickford 1987
: 223, line 1090
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