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Complementizer with verbs of speaking
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No complementizer Frequency: 33.3%
Example 3-128:
A taki á bunu.
A
3sg
taki
say
á
3sg
.
neg
bunu.
good
He said it was not good.
Confidence:
Very certain
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Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’ Frequency: 33.3%
Example 3-133:
A bì táki f'én kulé.
A
3sg
bì
tns
táki
talk
f'=én
for=
3sg
kulé.
run
He told him to run. (warning)
Confidence:
Very certain
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Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’ Frequency: 33.3%
Example 3-129:
Mi taki taa a bunu.
Mi
1sg
taki
say
taa
comp
a
3sg
bunu.
good
I said that it is good.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Saramaccan
by
Enoch O. Aboh
and
Tonjes Veenstra
and
Norval S.H. Smith
cite
Language:
Saramaccan
Feature:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking
Source:
Fieldwork data
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