English complementizers

English has three complementizers: that, which introduces a declarative complement in the indicative and is omissible under most verbs, and if and whether, which introduce an embedded polar question, if also introducing a conditional protasis. The adverbial subordinators because, although and while are not complementizers, adverbial subordination lying outside complementation in Noonan's sense, and are recorded as subordinating conjunctions. The preposition to is English.Adpositions.to_ and the infinitival particle to is English.Auxiliaries.toInf.

Main definitions

• English.Complementizers.that, English.Complementizers.if_, English.Complementizers.whether, English.Complementizers.complementizers: the complementizers.
• English.Complementizers.because, English.Complementizers.although, English.Complementizers.while_: the adverbial subordinators.

References

• [Noo07]

def English.Complementizers.that : Complementizer

that, the declarative complementizer, omissible under most verbs.

Equations

• English.Complementizers.that = { morphs := [Morphology.Morph.free "that"], coding := some Complement.Coding.indicative, types := Clause.Selection.only Clause.SentenceType.declarative }

def English.Complementizers.if_ : Complementizer

if, the embedded polar-question complementizer, also the conditional subordinator.

Equations

• English.Complementizers.if_ = { morphs := [Morphology.Morph.free "if"], types := Clause.Selection.only Clause.SentenceType.polar }

def English.Complementizers.whether : Complementizer

whether, the embedded polar-question complementizer.

Equations

• English.Complementizers.whether = { morphs := [Morphology.Morph.free "whether"], types := Clause.Selection.only Clause.SentenceType.polar }

def English.Complementizers.complementizers : List Complementizer

The complementizers.

Equations

• English.Complementizers.complementizers = [English.Complementizers.that, English.Complementizers.if_, English.Complementizers.whether]

Adverbial subordinators

def English.Complementizers.because : Morphology.Word

because, a subordinating conjunction.

Equations

• English.Complementizers.because = { form := "because", cat := UD.UPOS.SCONJ }

def English.Complementizers.although : Morphology.Word

although, a subordinating conjunction.

Equations

• English.Complementizers.although = { form := "although", cat := UD.UPOS.SCONJ }

def English.Complementizers.while_ : Morphology.Word

while, a subordinating conjunction.

Equations

• English.Complementizers.while_ = { form := "while", cat := UD.UPOS.SCONJ }