small clause

English

Noun
Examples
  • Robert painted the house blue.
  • We consider Mary intelligent.
  • Abby saw Patrick eat the cake.
  • Eating too much cake makes me sick.

small clause (plural small clauses)

  1. (grammar) A minimal predicate structure that possesses arguments and predicates but no tense: small clauses usually occur within the context of full clauses and may act as the direct object of the verb.

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References
  • Chomsky, Noam (1981) Lectures on Government and Binding, Dordrecht: Foris, →ISBN

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