Value Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’

Language:
Vincentian Creole
Parameter:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing

Examples

  1. Hi no da hou shi sik.
    Hi
    3sg
    no
    know
    da
    that
    hou
    how
    shi
    3sg
    sik.
    sick
    He knows that she is ill.
  2. Hi no da shi sik.
    Hi
    3sg
    no
    know
    da
    that
    shi
    3sg
    sik.
    sick
    He knows that she is ill.
  3. Hi no hou shi sik.
    Hi
    3sg
    no
    know
    hou
    how
    shi
    3sg
    sik.
    sick
    He knows that she is ill.