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Revision as of 11:41, 6 October 2011
A word, phrase or clause that is a necessary part of a sentence because it is needed to complete the semantic meaning of the sentence. For example in the sentence, The bunny jumped over the log, the log, is a complement because without it the sentence would be incomplete.
See Also
External Links
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complement_(linguistics)
- http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsAComplement.htm
- http://wapedia.mobi/en/Complement_(linguistics)
References
Carnie, Andrew (2006) Syntax: A Generative Introduction 2nd Edition. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
