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subcategorized

subcategorized is the simple past and past participle of subcategorize.

Meaning of subcategorize

Verb

subcategorize (third-person singular simple present subcategorizes, present participle subcategorizing, simple past and past participle subcategorized)

  1. (transitive) To categorize more specifically by placing in a subcategory.
  2. To practice subcategorization.
    • As we see from the examples in (55):
      (55) (a) John will put [_(NP) the car] [_(PP) in the garage]
      (55) (b) ^✽John will put [_(NP) the car]
      (55) (c) ^✽John will put [_(PP) in the garage]
      (55) (d) ^✽John will put
      the Verb put subcategorizes (i.e. ‘takesʼ) obligatory NP and PP complements (to simplify...1988, Andrew Radford, chapter 8, in Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 421

Questions about subcategorized

What is subcategorized the simple past and past participle of?
Subcategorized is the simple past and past participle of subcategorize.

Words near subcategorized in the dictionary

  1. subcategorizand
  2. subcategorizands
  3. subcategorization
  4. subcategorizations
  5. subcategorize
  6. subcategorized
  7. subcategorizer
  8. subcategorizers
  9. subcategorizes
  10. subcategorizing
  11. subcategory

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