Value Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’

Language:
Vincentian Creole
Parameter:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking

Examples

  1. Wan a dem se hou...
    Wan
    one
    a
    of
    dem
    3pl
    se
    say
    hou...
    how
    One of them said that...

    See Prescod 2004: A14

  2. Aayo na kuhm an kuhm tel mi nou hou [...].
    Aayo
    2pl
    na
    neg
    kuhm
    come
    an
    and
    kuhm
    come
    tel
    tell
    mi
    1sg
    nou
    now
    hou
    how
    [...].
    [...]
    Do not tell me now that [...].

    See Prescod 2004: A18