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clausal

clausal adjective: of, pertaining to, or constructed using clauses.

Adjective

clausal

  1. Of, pertaining to, or constructed using clauses.
    • In contrast, a sentence complement is a clause that is lexically specified by a particular noun, like fact[…], and consequently, there is no missing position in the embedded clause. Other nouns with clausal components include belief, report, statement, possibility and many others. These nouns take...2025, Edward A. F. Gibson, “Dependency Locality in Language Processing” (chapter 4), in Syntax: A Cognitive Approach, MIT Press, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 119–120

Origin of clausal

From clause + -al.

Words formed from clausal

Phrases with clausal

Questions about clausal

What does clausal mean?
Clausal means of, pertaining to, or constructed using clauses.
What part of speech is clausal?
Clausal is an adjective.

Words near clausal in the dictionary

  1. Claunch
  2. Claunches
  3. claurie
  4. Claus
  5. Claus-mas
  6. clausal
  7. clausal complement
  8. clausal complements
  9. clausal normal form
  10. clausal normal forms
  11. clausamine

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