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Complementizer

noun
Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.nounA subordinating conjunction that can convert a clause into a complement clause, i.e. one that completes a grammatical construction in the predicate and that describes or is identified with the subject or object.
""That" is a complementizer in the sentence "Mary believes that it is raining"."

Synonyms

complementisercomplementobject complementcomplementersubject complementcomplementizationcomplementorcomplementationcomplementalnesscomplementisationcopular verbcompletive
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