Strategies of Clausal Complementation in Rere

This paper describes three attested complementation strategies in Rere (also knownas Koalib, iso: kib; Kordofanian). A special focus is drawn on two types of morphologically impoverished complements which lack verbal class agreement. The“non-finite complement’ strategy shows two syntactic patterns for the position ofco-referent subjects that are dependent on the matrix verb, similarly to object vs.raising distinctions. The“finite complement” strategy is special in three ways: 1)it is only available when the matrix is a control predicate, 2) the complement hasone of three left-edge markers sensitive to matrix Tense-Aspect-Mood (tam), and3) it employs subject and object pronominal marking instead of referencing one ofthe arguments with verbal class agreement, as attested in matrix clauses. This finalcomplementation strategy opens a discussion about the morphological effects of atam system in clausal complements.