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Complementizer with verbs of knowing
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Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’ Frequency: 50.0%
Example 21-134:
Do you know
that
Sri Devi went back to India?
Do
do
you
2sg
know
know
that
comp
Sri
Sri
Devi
Devi
went
go.
pst
back
back
to
to
India?
India
Do/Did you know that Sri Devi went back to India?
Source:
Lim 2004
: 51
Confidence:
Very certain
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No complementizer Frequency: 50.0%
Example 21-135:
I didn't know he had two wives.
I
1sg
didn't
do.
pst
.
neg
know
know
he
3sg
had
have.
pst
two
two
wives.
wife.
pl
I didn't know he had two wives.
Source:
Wee and Ansaldo 2004
: 58
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Singlish
by
Lisa Lim
and
Umberto Ansaldo
cite
Language:
Singlish
Feature:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing
Source:
Own knowledge
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