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A grammar of Pite Saami, 2014

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14.2 Clausal subordination<br />

both finite and infinitive predicates are possible. Complement clauses can be<br />

marked by a complementizer or can stand in juxtaposition to the matrix clause.<br />

The different complement clause marking strategies are summarized in Table 14.1<br />

and described in the following sections.<br />

Table 14.1: Types <strong>of</strong> complement clause marking<br />

predicate type<br />

finite<br />

infinitive<br />

subordination strategy<br />

complementizer att<br />

juxtaposition<br />

juxtaposition<br />

14.2.1.1 Complement clauses with a finite predicate<br />

Complement clauses with a fully inflected finite predicate are attested using one<br />

<strong>of</strong> two strategies. First, the borrowed complementizer att 3 can mark a complement<br />

clause. In such cases, the complement clause typically follows the matrix<br />

clause. The complementizer is in clause-initial position in the complement clause.<br />

Examples can be found in (4) and (5).<br />

(4) ja<br />

ja<br />

dä<br />

dä<br />

mån<br />

mån<br />

hålåv<br />

hålå-v<br />

att<br />

att<br />

and then 1sg.nom say-1sg.prs subord<br />

‘And then I say that I want to poop.’<br />

(5) men mån<br />

men mån<br />

but<br />

sidav bajket<br />

sida-v bajke-t<br />

want-1sg.prs poop-inf<br />

diedav<br />

dieda-v<br />

att<br />

att<br />

háre<br />

háre<br />

lä<br />

lä<br />

know-1sg.prs subord greyling\nom.pl be\3pl.prs<br />

1sg.nom<br />

jávren<br />

jávre-n<br />

lake-iness.sg<br />

‘But I know that there are greyling in the lake.’<br />

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Secondly, complement clauses with a finite predicate may be juxtaposed to the<br />

matrix clause they belong to. The complement clause typically follows the matrix<br />

clause. Verbs hosting such complements include jáhkket ‘believe’, diehtet ‘know’,<br />

hållåt ‘say’ and tuhtjet ‘like’. Examples can be found in (6) through (8).<br />

3 Cf. the Swedish marker att, which is also a complementizer.<br />

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