Comparative Concept: complement clause construction (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
complement clause construction (cxn)
| Typ | construction (def) |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | complement clause construction • complement clause |
| Assoziiert | |
| Spraakbanken | complement clause construction (cxn) |
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Definition
a construction consisting of a matrix clause and a complement. Example: I told her that I would go is an instance of a complement clause construction; the matrix clause is I told her and the complement is I would go. (Section 18.2.1)