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Glossary 14.13 Glossary
- Complement clause.
A clause that fills a nominal position (subject, object, or complement). Also called a nominal clause or noun clause.
- Extraposition.
Moving a long subject clause to the end of a sentence and placing
it in the subject position as a placeholder.
- Complementizer.
The word that introduces a complement clause: most commonly
that,
if,
whether, or a wh-word (
what, who, where, when, why, how).
- Gerund.
Traditional term for a present participle (
-ing form) functioning nominally. We use
present participle phrase as the primary term.
- Infinitive phrase (nominal).
A
to + verb phrase functioning as a subject, object, or complement.
- Nominal.
Any word, phrase, or clause functioning in a position typically occupied by a noun phrase (a role in a sentence).
- Nominalized adjective.
An adjective with a determiner functioning as a noun (
the poor).
- Noun.
A part of speech naming people, places, things, or ideas.
- Present participle phrase (nominal).
A phrase headed by an
-ing verb functioning as a nominal. Traditionally called a
gerund phrase when used in this nominal sense.
