Complementizers for reported speech

[Don Killian]

Dear Kilu,

This topic has been addressed rather thoroughly for Africa by Tom 
Güldemann in his work Quotative indexes in African languages (MDG 2008). 
  His focus is not solely on complementizers which are restricted 
exclusively to verbs of saying, but this topic is definitely addressed, 
as well as historical origins and extensions of these types of 
complementizers.  The book also has a large amount of typological 
comparisons to other languages in the world outside of Africa, so it 
could be a good starting point for further references.

All the best,

Don

On 28/02/2013 13:29, Kilu von Prince wrote:
> Dear LINGTYP members,
>
> a colleague of mine has alerted me to the existence of a
> complementizer in Polish, "jakoby" which is restricted exclusively to
> verbs of saying. Two examples are given below. We would like to know
> if you are aware of any other languages that have a complementizer
> with similar restrictions. I will post a summary of your responses.
>
> Best,
> Kilu
>
> Autor twierdzi, [jakoby pisarz dobrowolnie wstąpił do Waffen-SS]
> author.NOM claims jakoby writer.NOM voluntarily join.3SG.M.l-PTCP to Waffen-SS
> 'The author claims that the writer (supposedly) joined the Waffen-SS
> voluntarily.'
>
> Firma zaprzeczyła, [jakoby były zgłoszenia o wadliwych kartach]
> company.NOM deny.3SG.F.l-PTCP.PERF jakoby be.PL.N-VIR.l-PTCP
> reports.NOM about faulty cards.LOC
> 'The company denied that there (supposedly) were any reports about
> faulty prepaid cards.'
>
>

-- 
Don Killian
Researcher in African Linguistics
Department of Modern Languages
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FI-00014 University of Helsinki
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