3.3.3.2 Integration of the role shifted clause into the main clause

The complements of attitude role shift clauses have a unique positional character. While the sentential complements of TİD verbs take sentential complements either before the verb (for example, verbs such as want [Syntax – 3.3.2.2.]), or following the verb (for example verbs such as think [Syntax – 3.3.2.2.]), the role shift clauses introduced by say can occur in either position as in the examples below.

ix₃ say … sister eat grow beat

‘He says my sister fed me, nurtured me, beat me’.

hour five go hour five necessary go say

‘She said I must go at five o’clock.’                          

(Kelepir & Göksel, 2013: 200-201)

Moreover, specific non-manual markers and a prosodic break (pause) occurs between say and the role shifted complement clause.