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Complementizer with verbs of knowing
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Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’
Example 73-101:
kwanduchari Xwanga bininga no sabinichu
kwandu-chari
when-
ign
Xwan-ga
John-
top
bini-nga
come-
3sg
.
fut
no
not
sabi-ni-chu
know-1-
neg
I do not know when John will come.
Source:
Muysken 1981
: 69
Example 73-102:
no sabinichu Xwan bini
shka
da
no
neg
sabi-ni-chu
know-
1sg
-
neg
Xwan
Juan
bini-shka-da
come-
nmlz
-
acc
I don't know that John has come.
Source:
Muysken 1981
: 69
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Media Lengua
by
Pieter Muysken
cite
Language:
Media Lengua
Feature:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing
Source:
Muysken 1981
: 69
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