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complementizer
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complementizer [ˈkɒmplɪmənˌtaɪzə]
n
(Linguistics / Grammar) 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
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Complementizers include words such as that, if, and whether which serve to introduce and characterize complement clauses in several ways (They wondered if Mary would come).
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