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Complementizer with verbs of speaking
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Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’
Example 18-148:
Ma papa tok
se
i de veks.
Ma
1sg
.
poss
papa
father
tok
talk
se
comp
i
3sg
.
sbj
de
cop
veks.
vex
My father says/said that he is angry.
Source:
Bellama et al. 1983
: 44
Example 18-149:
Dem tel mi
se
dem laik mi.
Dem
3pl
.
sbj
tel
tell
mi
1sg
.
obj
se
comp
dem
3pl
.
sbj
laik
like
mi.
1sg
.
obj
They told me that they like me.
Source:
nd
Example 18-150:
A tok se i bin sik.
A
1sg
.
sbj
tok
talk
se
comp
i
3sg
.
sbj
bin
pst
sik.
be.sick
I said that she was ill.
Source:
nd
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Cameroon Pidgin English
by
Anne Schröder
cite
Language:
Cameroon Pidgin English
Feature:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking
Source:
Bellama et al. 1983
: 44
;
Féral 1989
: 151ff
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