
An utterance complement is a complement clause which attributes an utterance to some speaker. In many languages, the class of introducing verbs include <i>say, tell,</i> and the like (Cristofaro 2008). 

<br><br>A ´yes´ value for this property indicates that the complement clause itself is simply an ordinary finite clause. That is, it could be pronounced independently of an introducing clause. 

<br><br>An example is English. In the sentence <i>John said [ he will go ]</i> , the utterance complement <i>he will go</i> could be an independent sentence without any change. 

<br><br><b>Note</b>: Many languages have several strategies for introducing utterance complements. For these languages, each property should be valued ´yes´ independent of the other properties. 

<br><br><b>References</b><br>
Cristofaro, Sonia. 2008. Utterance Complement Clauses.
In Haspelmath et al. (2008), chapter 128. Available online at <a href=â€http://wals.info/feature/128â€> http://wals.info/feature/128</a href>. 

