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Value No complementizer
Language:
Creolese
Parameter:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing
References
Rickford 1987
: 148 (line 386)
;
Rickford 1987
: 223, line 1091
Examples
yu naa noo eniibadii kyan kom kom nak yu dong de?
yu
2sg
naa
neg
noo
know
eniibadii
anybody
kyan
mod
kom
come
kom
come
nak
knock
yu
2sg
dong
down
de?
there
Don't you know that anybody can come and knock you down there?
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