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