Complementizer (definition)

Complementizers are particles that introduce embedded clauses. In English these include that, if and whether. In Gaelic, gu, nach, ma are all complementizers

See Also

• Functional Categories (definition)
• Conjunction (definition)

External Links

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complementizer

• http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Complementizer

• http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsAComplementizer.htm

References

• Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.