Modern Greek Complementizers [Chr82] [Rou10]

[Rou19] [Ang26]

The three Modern Greek complementizers, as root Complementizer entries, and the matrix verbs that select them (with the attitude and stativity metadata [Ang26]'s data turns on).

[Ang26]-specific apparatus — the [n]-feature/light-noun selection (§3.1), the content/situation typing, and the stativity generalizations — lives in Studies/Angelopoulos2026.lean as projections over these entries.

def Greek.StandardModern.Complementizers.oti : Complementizer

oti — indicative declarative complementizer ([Chr82], [Rou10]); selected by verbs of saying / belief / knowledge.

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def Greek.StandardModern.Complementizers.pu : Complementizer

pu — factive complementizer ([Chr82], [Rou19]); selected by emotive factives. Doubles as adverbial / relative / interrogative where; the entry records the complement use.

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def Greek.StandardModern.Complementizers.na : Complementizer

na — subjunctive ([Gra24]); the substantive mood entries are in MoodChoice.lean, exposed here for inventory completeness.

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• Greek.StandardModern.Complementizers.na = { form := "na", position := some Morphology.FormativePosition.detached, noonanType := some NoonanCompType.subjunctive }

def Greek.StandardModern.Complementizers.complementizers : List Complementizer

The complementizer inventory.

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• Greek.StandardModern.Complementizers.complementizers = [Greek.StandardModern.Complementizers.oti, Greek.StandardModern.Complementizers.pu, Greek.StandardModern.Complementizers.na]

def Greek.StandardModern.Complementizers.leo : Verb

léo (λέω) 'say' — past tense ípe in [Ang26] ex. 1a. Speech-act verb, eventive (activity).

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• Greek.StandardModern.Complementizers.leo = { frames := [Frame.finiteClause], vendlerClass := some Features.VendlerClass.activity, form := "léo", speechActVerb := true }

def Greek.StandardModern.Complementizers.pistevo : Verb

pistévo (πιστεύω) 'believe' — doxastic, stative.

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def Greek.StandardModern.Complementizers.ksero : Verb

kséro (ξέρω) 'know' (alongside gnorízo) — factive doxastic, stative. Rejects manner adverbs ([Ang26] ex. 21a).

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def Greek.StandardModern.Complementizers.katalaveno : Verb

katalavéno (καταλαβαίνω) 'understand' — eventive (allows manner adverbs in [Ang26] ex. 21b, 22a), factive doxastic.

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def Greek.StandardModern.Complementizers.sinidhitopio : Verb

sinidhitopió (συνειδητοποιώ) 'realize' — eventive (achievement), factive doxastic ([Ang26] ex. 21b).

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def Greek.StandardModern.Complementizers.eksigo : Verb

eksigó (εξηγώ) 'explain' — accomplishment, takes oti yielding explanans reading ([Ang26] ex. 4a).

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• Greek.StandardModern.Complementizers.eksigo = { frames := [Frame.finiteClause], vendlerClass := some Features.VendlerClass.accomplishment, form := "eksigó" }

def Greek.StandardModern.Complementizers.metaniono : Verb

metanióno (μετανιώνω) 'regret' — preferential (negative valence), stative. [Ang26] ex. 1b, 20.

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def Greek.StandardModern.Complementizers.areso : Verb

aréso (αρέσω) 'appeal to / be liked by' — Class III experiencer, stative ([Ang26] ex. 13, 14; [landau-2009]).

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def Greek.StandardModern.Complementizers.xerome : Verb

xérome (χαίρομαι) 'be happy/glad' — preferential positive, stative.

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def Greek.StandardModern.Complementizers.thimame : Verb

thimáme (θυμάμαι) 'remember' — ambiguous between direct- perception (eventive, with oti) and stative recollection (with pu). Citation form is the eventive one; [Ang26] ex. 22 contrasts the two.

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def Greek.StandardModern.Complementizers.thimono : Verb

thimóno (θυμώνω) 'get/be angry' — eventive (achievement) normally; stative when taking pu ([Ang26] ex. 19, 23).

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