'V that' - Construction 1

Name: the say that construction
Description: A person gives information or states an opinion directly.
Verbs: advise, affirm, allege, announce, argue, assert, attest, aver, caution, claim, comment, conclude, confide, contend, declare, disclose, divulge, emphasise, explain, guarantee, indicate, insist, maintain, mention, muse, note, observe, opine, pledge, posit, postulate, preach, pretend, proclaim, profess, pronounce, reason, recall, recollect, recount, reflect, reiterate, remark, repeat, report, reveal, say, specify, state, stipulate, stress, submit, swear, testify, underline, underscore, volunteer
Example: He said that he would take the next available flight. (BNC)
Membership: communication; information
Semantic fields and roles: Field: Communication. Roles: NP1: Sayer; that-cause: Message
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