- complementizer
- noun Date: 1965 a function word or morpheme that combines with a clause or verbal phrase to form a subordinate clause
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Complementizer — In linguistics (especially generative grammar), a complementizer (or complementiser) is a syntactic category (part of speech) roughly equivalent to the term subordinating conjunction in traditional grammar. For example, the word that is generally … Wikipedia
Complementizer — Mit dem englischen Begriff Complementizer (deutsch auch Komplementierer) versteht man in der Linguistik ein grammatisches Element, das einen Nebensatz als Komplement (Ergänzung) eines Verbs kennzeichnet, im Deutschen z. B. die Konjunktionen… … Deutsch Wikipedia
complementizer — /kom pleuh meuhn tuy zeuhr/, n. Ling. an element or elements marking a complement clause, as that in We thought that you forgot, for ... to in For you to go all the way there would be silly, or possessive ... ing in Barbara s leaving so early… … Universalium
complementizer — noun a form of subordinate conjunction … Wiktionary
complementizer — com·ple·men·tiz·er … English syllables
complementizer — com•ple•men•tiz•er [[t]ˈkɒm plə mənˌtaɪ zər[/t]] n. gram. ling. (in generative grammar) an element or elements marking a complement clause, as that in We thought that you forgot or for … to in For you to come here would be silly[/ex] … From formal English to slang
complementizer — ˈkämpləmenˌtīzər, mən noun ( s) Etymology: complement (I) + ize + er (II) : a function word or morpheme that accompanies a subordinate clause … Useful english dictionary
Relativizer — In linguistics, a relativizer is a conjunction used to indicate a relative clause. Not all languages use relativizers; most Indo European languages use relative pronouns instead, and some languages, such as Japanese, rely solely on word order to… … Wikipedia
Complement (linguistics) — In grammar the term complement is used with different meanings. The primary meaning is a word, phrase or clause which is necessary in a sentence to complete its meaning. We find complements which function as an argument (i.e. of equal status to… … Wikipedia
Pipil grammar — This article provides a grammar sketch of the Nawat or Pipil language, an endangered language spoken by the Pipils of western El Salvador, belonging to the Nahua group within the Uto Aztecan language family. There also exists a brief typological… … Wikipedia
