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complementizer

[ kom-pluh-muhn-tahy-zer ]

noun

Linguistics.
  1. an element or elements marking a complement clause, as that in We thought that you forgot, for 鈥 to in For you to go all the way there would be silly, or possessive 鈥 -ing in Barbara's leaving so early worried them.

complementizer

/ 藞办蓲尘辫濒瑟尘蓹苍藢迟补瑟锄蓹 /

noun

  1. generative grammar 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
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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