Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A word that introduces a clause, especially a subordinate clause, such as the word that in I believe that they have eaten lunch.
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- noun linguistics a form of subordinate conjunction
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Examples
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The clause Reagan will … end violence is a complementizer phrase that modifies way, forming the noun phrase no way (that) Reagan will … end violence.
There’s no way this sentence is wrong « Motivated Grammar 2008
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The clause Reagan will … end violence is a complementizer phrase that modifies way, forming the noun phrase no way (that) Reagan will … end violence.
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If complementizer phrases denote propositions or possible states of affairs, then it is reasonable to assume that being good simpliciter is being a good state of affairs, and hence that it is a special case of attributive good.
Value Theory Schroeder, Mark 2008
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And there is no question that there are plenty of languages in which the apparent complementizer is not homophonic with a demonstrative.
Propositional Attitude Reports McKay, Thomas 2005
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The relative 'whom' requires case, so when it's the complementizer on its own it requires a finite verb after it.
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First, there are plenty of languages where the apparent complementizer ” ˜that™, in English ” is not homophonic with a demonstrative.
Propositional Attitude Reports McKay, Thomas 2005
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