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complementizer

About 0.16 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun 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.
    "That" is a complementizer in the sentence "Mary believes that it is raining".

Similar words

complementiser complement object complement complementer subject complement complementization complementor complementation complementalness complementisation

Often followed by

is in that and for position que agreement phrase

Word family

complementizers

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