Comparative Concept: complementative (inf)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
complementative (inf)
| Typ | information packaging (def) |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | complementative • predicative complement |
| Assoziiert | |
| Spraakbanken | complementative (inf) |
Umbrella
Hierarchy
Definition
an information packaging - function in which specification of the modifying stative concept is required by the predicate. Example: in English I consider John intelligent, the property of intelligence is necessarily specified of the participant John by the main predicate of attributing a property to a participant. (Section 14.3)