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Nigerian Pidgin
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Complementizer with verbs of speaking
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Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’ Frequency: 90.0%
Example 17-165:
Dè̱m te̱l mì
se
dè̱m layk mì.
Dè̱m
3pl
.
sbj
te̱l
tell
mì
1sg
.
obj
se
comp
dè̱m
3pl
.
sbj
layk
like
mì.
1sg
.
obj
They told me that they like me.
Source:
Faraclas 1996
: 7
Confidence:
Very certain
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No complementizer Frequency: 10.0%
Example 17-166:
Dè̱m te̱l mì dè̱m layk mì.
Dè̱m
3pl
.
sbj
te̱l
tell
mì
1sg
.
obj
dè̱m
3pl
.
sbj
layk
like
mì.
1sg
.
obj
They told me they like me.
Source:
Faraclas 1996
: 7
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
by
Nicholas Faraclas
cite
Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
Feature:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking
Source:
Faraclas 1996
: 6-8, 28-46
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