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    In matrix clauses of saying and attitude
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    NCV2s may be found as the complement to predicates of saying and attitudinal predicates (thinking and expressing an opinion).

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    V2s may be found as the complement to predicates of saying and attitudinal predicates (thinking and expressing an opinion), such as:

    • antwurdzje answer, fertelle tell, meidiele report, oantsjutte indicate, oanjaan declare, sizze say
    • bedoele mean, fêststelle state, fine find, leauwe believe, miene express an opinion, ornearje claim, sjen see, observe, tinke think

    These predicates are usually verbs, but it may also include nouns such as boadskip message and brief letter. Two examples are given below:

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    a. Gjinien antwurde, hy soe it wol dwaan
    he answered he should it DcP do
    Nobody answered he was going to do it
    b. Se stjoerden in brief nei de âlde lju, hja soene oer in moanne trouwe
    they sent a letter to the old folk they should over a month marry
    They sent a letter to their parents, they were going to marry in a month

    If the matrix clause must be a clause of saying or attitude, then the V2 must necessarily represent what is said, thought or felt. The V2s are syntactically integrated, as is witnessed by the fact that a pronoun inside a V2 can be bound outside it. Hence they can be classified as INCV2s.

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      Author(s): Eric Hoekstra
      Category: Frisian Syntax
      Keywords: matrix clause
      Version: 1.0, December 2015
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