complementizer
A 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.
Noun
- A 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.
- Near-synonym: subordinating conjunction
- "That" is a complementizer in the sentence "Mary believes that it is raining".
- However, what is of particular interest to us here is the fact that the presence of the Complementiser whether in (37) (b) above excludes the possibility of having an inverted Auxiliary in pre-subject position, as we...
Synonyms: subordinator subordinating conjunction
Coordinate Terms: coordinator coordinating conjunction
Origin
Etymology tree English complementize Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English complementizer From complementize + -er.