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Mauritian Creole
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Complementizer with verbs of speaking
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No complementizer Frequency: 70.0%
Example 55-176:
mo ti dir li ena rezoṅ
mo
1sg
ti
pst
dir
say
li
3sg
ena
have
rezoṅ
right
I said she was right.
Confidence:
Very certain
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Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’ Frequency: 30.0%
Example 55-175:
mo ti dir ki li ena rezoṅ
mo
1sg
ti
pst
dir
say
ki
that
li
3sg
ena
have
rezoṅ
right
I said that she was right.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Mauritian Creole
by
Philip Baker
and
Sibylle Kriegel
cite
Language:
Mauritian Creole
Feature:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking
Source:
Own knowledge
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