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Complementizer with verbs of knowing
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Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’ Frequency: 33.3%
Example 5-168:
mi biliiv
si
di piknii ded
mi
1sg
biliiv
believe
si
say
di
the
piknii
child
ded
dead
I believed that the child had died.
Source:
Rickford 1987
: 223, line 1090
Confidence:
Very certain
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Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’ Frequency: 33.3%
Example 5-167:
ii tel mi
dat
hou ii foget
ii
3sg
tel
tell
mi
1sg
dat
that
hou
how
ii
3sg
foget
forget
He told me that he had forgotten.
Confidence:
Very certain
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No complementizer Frequency: 33.3%
Example 5-169:
yu naa noo eniibadii kyan kom kom nak yu dong de?
yu
2sg
naa
neg
noo
know
eniibadii
anybody
kyan
mod
kom
come
kom
come
nak
knock
yu
2sg
dong
down
de?
there
Don't you know that anybody can come and knock you down there?
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Creolese
by
Hubert Devonish
and
Dahlia Thompson
cite
Language:
Creolese
Feature:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing
Source:
Own knowledge
Rickford 1987
: 148 (line 386)
;
Rickford 1987
: 223, line 1091
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