In this work we consider the distribution of complementizers in Modern
Eastern Armenian. There are two complementizers: wor and t‘e. They
both introduce complement clauses, but t‘e also expresses a dubitative
value, implying that the speaker has doubts on the content following the
complementizer. Moreover, t‘e, when embedded under verbs of saying,
shifts the anchoring of indexicals, moving the anchor from the speaker
– better called utterer – to the subject of the saying predicate. On the
basis of this and further evidence coming from the analysis of sequence
of tense and if-clauses, we will argue that the position of t‘e in the left
periphery of the clause occupies a high position in the syntactic hierarchy.
The aim of this work is on one hand, a better understanding of indirect
reports and their syntax and, on the other, a more precise characterization
of indexicals across languages