Value Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’

Language:
Tayo
Parameter:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking

Examples

  1. sa ndi ke la ʃa:ti, fam-la
    sa
    3pl
    ndi
    say
    ke
    comp
    la
    3sg
    ʃa:ti,
    nice
    fam-la
    woman-dem/def
    They say that the woman is nice (Lit. They say that she is nice, that woman).

    See Ehrhart 1993: 219

  2. la ndi kom sa ke la vja
    la
    3sg
    ndi
    say
    kom
    like
    sa
    this
    ke
    comp
    la
    3sg
    vja
    come
    (S)he says that (s)he will come.
    French: Il/elle dit qu’il/elle vient.

    See Ehrhart 1993: 227