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Syntactic Theory

Complementizers

• Introduce complement clauses
• Examples:
  • introduce finite complement clauses: that (declaratives), if/whether (interrogative)
    1. Pat thinks [that Chris lives in New York].
    2. Pat knows [that/whether Chris lives in New York].
    3. Pat wonders [if/whether Chris lives in New York].
  • introduce infinitival complement clauses: for
    1. Pat wants [for Chris to win the price].

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