Datapoint African American English/Complementizer with verbs of speaking

Values

No complementizer Frequency: 75.0%

Example 14-132:
I said she was right.
I
I
said
said
she
she
was
was
right.
right
I said she was right.
Confidence:
Very certain

Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’ Frequency: 25.0%

Example 14-131:
She told me say she wasn't going to church.
She
she
told
told
me
me
say
say
she
she
wasn't
wasn't
going
going
to
to
church.
church
She told me that she wasn't going to church.
Confidence:
Very certain