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Complementizer with verbs of speaking
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Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’
Example 57-95:
la ndi kom sa ke la vja
la
3sg
ndi
say
kom
like
sa
this
ke
comp
la
3sg
vja
come
(S)he says that (s)he will come.
French:
Il/elle dit qu’il/elle vient.
Source:
Ehrhart 1993
: 227
Example 57-158:
sa ndi ke la ʃa:ti, fam-la
sa
3pl
ndi
say
ke
comp
la
3sg
ʃa:ti,
nice
fam-la
woman-
dem
/
def
They say that the woman is nice (Lit. They say that she is nice, that woman).
Source:
Ehrhart 1993
: 219
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Tayo
by
Sabine Ehrhart
and
Melanie Revis
cite
Language:
Tayo
Feature:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking
Source:
own knowledge Ehrhart
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