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Complementizer with verbs of speaking
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Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’
Example 66-110:
Go abiilang dia Americaring edatang kəta.
Go
1sg
a-biilang
prs
-say
dia
3sg
America-ring
America-
abl
e-datang
asp
-come
kəta.
comp
I know that he has come from America.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Sri Lankan Malay
by
Peter Slomanson
cite
Language:
Sri Lankan Malay
Feature:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking
Source:
Own knowledge
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