Datapoint Afrikaans/Complementizer with verbs of speaking

Absence of the complementizer implies main clause word order in the subordinate clause, i.e. V2 order.

Values

No complementizer Frequency: 50.0%

Example 29-190:
Sy sê Jan is siek.
Sy
3sg.f.nom
sê
say
Jan
John
is
is
siek.
ill
She says John is ill.
Confidence:
Very certain

Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’ Frequency: 50.0%

Example 29-189:
Sy sê dat Jan siek is.
Sy
3sg.f.nom
sê
say
dat
that
Jan
John
siek
ill
is.
is
She says that John is ill.
Confidence:
Very certain