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▸ noun: (linguistics) A semantically incomplete verb which qualifies as a predicate only in combination with a predicative complement, usually a noun.
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▸ noun: (linguistics) A semantically incomplete verb which qualifies as a predicate only in combination with a predicative complement, usually a noun.
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small clause,
bare noun,
loose ablative,
impersonal verb,
incomplete sentence,
expletive,
antipassive voice,
empty morpheme,
privative adjective,
empty morph,
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