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Complementizer with verbs of knowing
People generally take the zero complementizer as the mesolectal form.
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Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’ Frequency: 50.0%
Example 8-147:
Mi nuo
se
yu tek mi wan degedege fish.
Mi
1sg
nuo
know
se
comp
yu
2sg
tek
take
mi
1sg
wan
one
degedege
sole
fish.
fish
I know that you took my only fish.
Confidence:
Very certain
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No complementizer Frequency: 50.0%
Example 8-197:
Mi nuo Ø yu neva tek op di sitn.
Mi
1sg
nuo
know
Ø
comp
yu
2sg
neva
neg
.
pst
tek
take
op
up
di
det
sitn.
something
I know (that) you didn't take up the thing.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Jamaican
by
Joseph T. Farquharson
cite
Language:
Jamaican
Feature:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing
Source:
Own knowledge
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