Download or read book Mood, Modality, and Complementation: A Cross-linguistic Study of the Syntax and Semantics of the Left Periphery written by Mariana D. Bahtchevanova and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is argued that different levels of integration correspond to different structures of the left periphery: declarative complements, which represent the most independent type, are usually headed by a high complementizer whereas modal complements, which are analyzed as non-assertive propositions with anaphoric tense, are selected by a low modal complementizer. Cross-linguistically, mood can be overtly encoded not only in the complementizer layer but also in the functional layer, or in both.