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Complementizer

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complementisernounNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of complementizer. [(linguistics) A subordinating conjunction that can convert a clause into a complement clause, i.e. one that completes a grammatical construction in the predicate and that describes or is identified with the subject or object.]
complementnounThe totality, the full amount or number which completes something.
object complementnoun(grammar) A complement which is coupled to an object.
complementernounSomething that serves as a complement to something else.
subject complementnoun(grammar) A complement which is coupled to a subject.
complementizationnounAct or process of complementizing.
complementornounAnything that complements another
complementationnoun(grammar) The relationship of a phrase to its predicate
complementalnessnounThe state or quality of being complemental.
complementisationnounNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of complementization. [Act or process of complementizing.]
copular verbnoun(grammar) A verb that links a subject to a complement that refers to the subject.
completiveMaking complete.
subordinatornoun(grammar) Any of a lexical class of words that join clauses at a subordinate syntactic level (subordinate clauses).
verb phrasenoun(grammar) A phrase that functions syntactically as a verb, consisting of a main verb and any auxiliaries.
conjunctnoun(logic, linguistics) Either term of a conjunction.
copulanoun(linguistics, grammar) A word, usually a verb, used to link the subject of a sentence with a predicate (usually a subject complement or an adverbial), that unites or associates the subject with the predicate.
complementarinessnounThe state or quality of being complementary; complementarity.
complimentnounAn expression of praise, congratulation, or respect.
converbnoun(linguistics) A non-finite verb form that serves to express adverbial subordination.
complementaritynounThe state or characteristic of being complementary.

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