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Complementizer with verbs of knowing
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Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’ Frequency: 50.0%
Example 13-173:
Den dey gwine know say wa dey beena do ain right.
Then
then
they
they
going
going
know
know
say
comp
what
what
they
they
been-a
pst
-
prog
do
do
ain't
neg
.
aux
right.
right
Then they are going to know that what they have been doing is not right. (2 Tm 2.26)
Source:
Anonymous 2005
: 731
Confidence:
Certain
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No complementizer Frequency: 50.0%
Example 13-174:
I know they is the relation.
I
I
know
know
__
__
they
they
is
is
the
the
relation.
relation
I know they are the relatives.
Source:
Cunningham 1992
: 128
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Gullah
by
Thomas B. Klein
cite
Language:
Gullah
Feature:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing
Source:
Own knowledge
Cunningham 1992
: 128
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