Value Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’

Language:
Reunion Creole
Parameter:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking

Examples

  1. Mé la di azot ki falé pa manzé sitrouy la.
    Me
    but
    la
    prf
    di
    say
    azot
    obl.3sg
    k
    comp
    i
    fin
    fale
    must.pst
    pa
    neg
    manze
    eat
    sitrouy
    pumpkin
    la.
    dem
    But she told them that they should not eat that pumpkin.
    French: Mais elle a dit qu'il ne fallait pas manger cette citrouille.

    See Barat et al. 1977: 37