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Value Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’
Language:
Vincentian Creole
Parameter:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking
Examples
Wan a dem se
hou...
Wan
one
a
of
dem
3pl
se
say
hou...
how
One of them said that...
See
Prescod 2004
: A14
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
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