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• Complement clause
  A '''complement clause''' is a clause that is an [[argument]]. ...ause, instead of an NP (noun phrase), as a core argument. This is called a complement clause."'' (Dixon 2006:1)
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• Subject raising
  ...ubject raising''' is the [[movement]] of the [[subject]] of a [[sentential complement]] to the subject position of the [[matrix clause]]. ...hat they do not assign an [[external theta-role]], and select a sentential complement with a case-less subject position. Subject Raising also occurs with passivi
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• Determiner phrase
  ...ner]], D⁰. In general, D⁰ selects an [[NP]] as its [[complement]]: * Abney, S. 1987. ''The English Noun Phrase in its Sentential Aspect,'' Unpublished Diss MIT.
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• Third construction
  ...tion typical of [[Dutch]] and [[German]] in which part of an [[infinitival complement]] appears to be [[extraposed]]. ...aposed in toto, but in (i)b, the so-called third construction, part of the complement (''de prijs'') is in situ.
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• X-bar theory
  ...or preposition) has an element to its right, which can be construed as its complement. X complement
  5 KB (726 words) - 18:48, 7 September 2014