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ALL meanings of complementizer

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  • noun complementizer a word or morpheme that serves to introduce a complement clause or a reduced form of such a clause, as that in I wish that he would leave 3
  • noun complementizer A word or morpheme that marks an embedded clause as functioning as a complement, typically a subordinating conjunction or infinitival to. 1
  • noun complementizer 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 worried them. 1
  • noun complementizer (linguistics) a form of subordinate conjunction. 0
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