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  • Predicative
  • Topics referred to by the same term

    up predicative in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Predicative may refer to: Something having the properties of a grammatical predicate Predicative expression

    Predicative

    Predicative

  • Predicative expression
  • Part of a clause predicate

    A predicative expression (or just predicative) is part of a clause predicate, and is an expression that typically follows a copula or linking verb, e

    Predicative expression

    Predicative_expression

  • Complement (linguistics)
  • Word or phrase necessary to complete an expression

    predicative of the subject) and object complement are employed to denote the predicative expressions (predicative complements), such as predicative adjectives

    Complement (linguistics)

    Complement_(linguistics)

  • Predicative programming
  • Method of computer program specification

    Predicative programming is the original name of a formal method for program specification and refinement, more recently called a Practical Theory of Programming

    Predicative programming

    Predicative_programming

  • Adjective
  • Part of speech that defines a noun or pronoun

    immensely funny idea. (Prepositive attributive) That idea is funny. (Predicative) Tell me something funny. (Postpositive attributive) The good, the bad

    Adjective

    Adjective

  • Impredicativity
  • Notion of self-reference in mathematics and philosophy

    means to be predicative or impredicative. Authors have given different but related definitions. The opposite of impredicativity is predicativity, which essentially

    Impredicativity

    Impredicativity

  • Parametric polymorphism
  • Basis of generic programming

    specialization. In the 1980s, Leivant introduced a stratified (i.e. predicative) version of Girard and Reynold's system F. Leivant's approach is based

    Parametric polymorphism

    Parametric_polymorphism

  • Predicate (grammar)
  • Subject and predicate in sentences

    and the other defines it as only the main content verb or associated predicative expression of a clause. Thus, by the first definition, the predicate

    Predicate (grammar)

    Predicate_(grammar)

  • He (pronoun)
  • Masculine third-person, singular personal pronoun in English

    textbooks until the 1960s. He can appear as a subject, object, determiner or predicative complement. The reflexive form also appears as an adjunct. He occasionally

    He (pronoun)

    He_(pronoun)

  • Clause
  • Smallest grammatical unit that can express a complete proposition

    are functioning just like other predicative expressions, e.g. predicative adjectives (That was good) and predicative nominals (That was the truth). They

    Clause

    Clause

  • We
  • First-person plural personal pronoun in English

    [citation needed] We can appear as a subject, object, determiner or predicative complement. The reflexive form also appears as an adjunct. Subject: We're

    We

    We

  • Copula (linguistics)
  • Functional part of speech in most languages

    predicative expression. In some theories of grammar, the whole expression is on the table may be called a predicate or a verb phrase. The predicative

    Copula (linguistics)

    Copula_(linguistics)

  • Subject complement
  • Predicative expression

    In traditional grammar, a subject complement is a predicative expression that follows a copula (commonly known as a linking verb), which complements the

    Subject complement

    Subject_complement

  • English adjectives
  • Adjectives in the English language

    dependents), adjective phrases function at the clause level as predicative complements and predicative adjuncts. At the phrase level, adjective phrases function

    English adjectives

    English adjectives

    English_adjectives

  • They
  • Third-person plural or gender-neutral pronoun

    over 600 years." They can appear as a subject, object, determiner or predicative complement. The reflexive form also appears as an adjunct. Subject: "They're

    They

    They

  • Adjective phrase
  • Type of phrase

    attributively or predicatively. An attributive adjective (phrase) precedes the noun of a noun phrase (e.g. a very happy man). A predicative adjective (phrase)

    Adjective phrase

    Adjective_phrase

  • Adjunct (grammar)
  • Phrase that can be removed, preserving grammatical correctness

    with adverbial function. An adjunct is not an argument (nor is it a predicative expression), and an argument is not an adjunct. The argument–adjunct

    Adjunct (grammar)

    Adjunct_(grammar)

  • She (pronoun)
  • Singular, feminine, third-person pronoun

    also singular they). She can appear as a subject, object, determiner or predicative complement. The reflexive form also appears as an adjunct. She occasionally

    She (pronoun)

    She_(pronoun)

  • Axiom schema of predicative separation
  • Schema of axioms in set theory

    In axiomatic set theory, the axiom schema of predicative separation, or of restricted, or Δ0 separation, is a schema of axioms that is a restriction of

    Axiom schema of predicative separation

    Axiom_schema_of_predicative_separation

  • Predicative verb
  • Verbs that behave as an adjective

    A predicative verb is a verb that behaves as a grammatical adjective; that is, it predicates (qualifies or informs about the properties of its argument)

    Predicative verb

    Predicative_verb

  • Principia Mathematica
  • 3-volume treatise on mathematics, 1910–1913

    difference between predicative and non-predicative functions, so they introduced the axiom of reducibility, saying that for every non-predicative function there

    Principia Mathematica

    Principia Mathematica

    Principia_Mathematica

  • Norwegian language
  • North Germanic language

    like German and Dutch. This feature of predicative agreement is shared among the Scandinavian languages. Predicative adjectives do not inflect for definiteness

    Norwegian language

    Norwegian language

    Norwegian_language

  • Pronouns in English
  • Words in English that substitute for a noun or noun phrase

    nominative is also possible (e.g., You're taller than me/I.) A pronoun in predicative complement position is typically in the nominative form. Apart from the

    Pronouns in English

    Pronouns in English

    Pronouns_in_English

  • Noun phrase
  • Phrase which grammatically functions the same as a noun

    phrase type. Noun phrases often function as verb subjects and objects, as predicative expressions, and as complements of prepositions. One NP can be embedded

    Noun phrase

    Noun_phrase

  • Calculus of constructions
  • Type theory created by Thierry Coquand

    calculus of (co)inductive constructions (which adds coinduction), and the predicative calculus of inductive constructions (which removes some impredicativity)

    Calculus of constructions

    Calculus_of_constructions

  • Grammatical conjugation
  • Creation of derived forms of a verb from its principal parts by inflection

    languages, predicative adjectives and copular complements receive a form of person agreement that is distinct from that used on ordinary predicative verbs

    Grammatical conjugation

    Grammatical conjugation

    Grammatical_conjugation

  • Nominative case
  • Grammatical case

    the subject of a verb, or (in Latin and formal variants of English) a predicative nominal or adjective, as opposed to its object, or other verb arguments

    Nominative case

    Nominative_case

  • German verbs
  • consisting of more than the original infinitive. They include objects, predicative nouns and adverbial information. These are packed before the original

    German verbs

    German_verbs

  • Syntax
  • System responsible for combining morphemes into complex structures

    Antecedent Appositive Argument Article Aspect Attributive adjective and predicative adjective Auxiliary verb Branching c-command Category Catena Clause Closed

    Syntax

    Syntax

  • Richard's paradox
  • Apparent contradiction in metamathematics

    Systems I". The paradox was also a motivation for the development of predicative mathematics. The original statement of the paradox, due to Richard (1905)

    Richard's paradox

    Richard's_paradox

  • Amaka
  • Name list

    Igbo given name that means “beautiful” (note: amaka is specifically a predicative adjective; one could say Igbo amaka to mean “Igbo is beautiful”. The

    Amaka

    Amaka

  • Sirenik language
  • Extinct Eskimo–Aleut language

    in the past “imna”. Suffix -/ɕuɣɨn/- meaning “to be similar to sth”: Predicative form of a noun can be built using suffix -/t͡ʃ ɨ/-: /imtuk/ (a toponym:

    Sirenik language

    Sirenik language

    Sirenik_language

  • Ultrafinitism
  • Concept in the philosophy of mathematics

    on predicative arithmetic as bounded arithmetic theories like S12 are interpretable in Raphael Robinson's theory Q and therefore are predicative in Nelson's

    Ultrafinitism

    Ultrafinitism

  • Predication (philosophy)
  • Concept in metaphysics

    conceptualization describes it as the understanding of the relation expressed by a predicative structure primordially (i.e. both originally and primarily) through the

    Predication (philosophy)

    Predication (philosophy)

    Predication_(philosophy)

  • Plural
  • Grammatical number

    verb construction Traditional grammar Predicate Subject Object Adjunct Predicative Semantics Contrast Mirativity Thematic relation Agent Patient Topic and

    Plural

    Plural

  • Pronoun
  • Word that substitutes for a noun or noun phrase

    Intransitive Labile Lexical Light Modal Negative Performative Phrasal Predicative Preterite-present Pure Reflexive Regular / Irregular Separable Stative

    Pronoun

    Pronoun

  • Feferman–Schütte ordinal
  • Large countable ordinal

    no generally accepted precise definition of "predicative". Sometimes an ordinal is said to be predicative if it is less than Γ0. Any recursive path ordering

    Feferman–Schütte ordinal

    Feferman–Schütte_ordinal

  • Hyphen
  • Punctuation mark used to join words

    cited dictionary, the hyphenation will be used in both attributive and predicative positions. For example, "A cost-effective method was used" and "The method

    Hyphen

    Hyphen

  • English language
  • West Germanic language

    they modify and after determiners. English adjectives also function as predicative complements (e.g. "the child is happy"). In Modern English, adjectives

    English language

    English language

    English_language

  • Attributive verb
  • Part of speech

    Japanese are common among verb-final languages. For example, in Japanese, predicative verbs come at the end of the clause, after the nouns, while attributive

    Attributive verb

    Attributive_verb

  • Induction-recursion
  • Concept in mathematical logic

    than inductive types, such as universes. The types created still remain predicative inside ITT. An inductive definition is given by rules for generating

    Induction-recursion

    Induction-recursion

  • I (pronoun)
  • First-person singular personal pronoun

    from PIE root *me-. I can appear as a subject, object, determiner, or predicative complement. The reflexive form also appears as an adjunct. Me occasionally

    I (pronoun)

    I_(pronoun)

  • Object complement
  • In grammar, an object complement is a predicative expression that follows a direct object of an attributive ditransitive or resultative verb and that

    Object complement

    Object_complement

  • Part of speech
  • Category of words based on shared grammatical properties in a clause

    Intransitive Labile Lexical Light Modal Negative Performative Phrasal Predicative Preterite-present Pure Reflexive Regular / Irregular Separable Stative

    Part of speech

    Part_of_speech

  • Constructive set theory
  • Axiomatic set theories based on the principles of mathematical constructivism

    undecidable propositions already arising in Robinson arithmetic, even just Predicative separation lets one define elusive subsets easily. In stark contrast

    Constructive set theory

    Constructive_set_theory

  • Inverse copular constructions
  • Type of grammatical construction

    (subject-copula-predicative expression, e.g. Fred is the plumber) is reversed in a sense, so that one appears to have the order PCS instead (predicative expression-copula-subject

    Inverse copular constructions

    Inverse_copular_constructions

  • Intuitionistic type theory
  • Alternative foundation of mathematics

    versions, shown to be inconsistent by Girard's paradox, gave way to predicative versions. However, all versions keep the core design of constructive

    Intuitionistic type theory

    Intuitionistic_type_theory

  • Carthago delenda est
  • Latin oratorical phrase

    to the predicative verbal adjective delenda—and further imparts a deontic modality to the clause as a whole. Because delenda is a predicative adjective

    Carthago delenda est

    Carthago delenda est

    Carthago_delenda_est

  • Intensifier
  • Linguistic modifier which enhances the word it modifies

    attributively or predicatively. For example, really and super can be used in both ways: a. The car is really expensive. - Predicative intensifier b. the

    Intensifier

    Intensifier

    Intensifier

  • You
  • Personal pronoun to denote the interlocutor

    semantically singular. You can appear as a subject, object, determiner or predicative complement. The reflexive form also appears as an adjunct. You occasionally

    You

    You

  • English nouns
  • Part of speech

    prototypically function at the clause level as subjects, objects, and predicative complements. These phrases are the only English phrases whose structure

    English nouns

    English nouns

    English_nouns

  • Captative verb
  • Intransitive Labile Lexical Light Modal Negative Performative Phrasal Predicative Preterite-present Pure Reflexive Regular / Irregular Separable Stative

    Captative verb

    Captative_verb

  • Udmurt language
  • Uralic language

    the adjective is always plural when it functions as the sentence's predicative: Udmurt pronouns are inflected much in the same way that their referent

    Udmurt language

    Udmurt language

    Udmurt_language

  • Noun
  • Part of speech that names an object or set of objects

    classify it as a "predicate nominal over the subject" (as in the article Predicative expression); but all would agree that it is not an object since became

    Noun

    Noun

  • Thought
  • Cognitive process independent of the senses

    ascribed to thinking and judging is that they are predicative experiences, in contrast to the pre-predicative experience found in immediate perception. On

    Thought

    Thought

    Thought

  • Dummy pronoun
  • Pronoun having no referent

    ISBN 9781032794730. Moro, Andrea (1997). The raising of predicates: predicative noun phrases and the theory of clause structure. Cambridge: Cambridge

    Dummy pronoun

    Dummy_pronoun

  • Verb
  • Part of speech that conveys an action

    Intransitive Labile Lexical Light Modal Negative Performative Phrasal Predicative Preterite-present Pure Reflexive Regular / Irregular Separable Stative

    Verb

    Verb

  • Zero copula
  • Lacking or omission of a "to be" verb, common in some languages and stylistic in others

    used with predicative adjectives, such as gohan wa atsui(desu) (ご飯は熱い(です); [the] food [is] hot). It is sometimes omitted with predicative nouns and adjectival

    Zero copula

    Zero copula

    Zero_copula

  • Kripke–Platek set theory
  • System of mathematical set theory

    Kripke and Richard Platek. The theory can be thought of as roughly the predicative part of Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory (ZFC) and is considerably weaker

    Kripke–Platek set theory

    Kripke–Platek_set_theory

  • Glossary of areas of mathematics
  • describing convex polytopes. Possibility theory Potential theory Precalculus Predicative mathematics Probability theory Probabilistic combinatorics Probabilistic

    Glossary of areas of mathematics

    Glossary_of_areas_of_mathematics

  • Content clause
  • Clause elaborated by a main clause

    his father ... Finally, they can serve as subjects, as complements of predicative adjectives in clauses with linking verbs or in small clauses or as object

    Content clause

    Content_clause

  • Personal pronoun
  • Pronoun that is associated with a particular grammatical person

    Intransitive Labile Lexical Light Modal Negative Performative Phrasal Predicative Preterite-present Pure Reflexive Regular / Irregular Separable Stative

    Personal pronoun

    Personal_pronoun

  • Chinese adjectives
  • Adjectives in Chinese

    Chinese adjectives (simplified Chinese: 形容词; traditional Chinese: 形容詞; pinyin: xíngróngcí) differ from adjectives in English in that they can be used as

    Chinese adjectives

    Chinese_adjectives

  • Singular they
  • Gender-neutral English pronoun

    (nominative) Objective (accusative) Prenominal possessive (dependent genitive) Predicative possessive (independent genitive) Reflexive He He is my son. When my

    Singular they

    Singular they

    Singular_they

  • Collective noun
  • Type of noun referring to collections as a unit

    verb construction Traditional grammar Predicate Subject Object Adjunct Predicative Semantics Contrast Mirativity Thematic relation Agent Patient Topic and

    Collective noun

    Collective_noun

  • Turkish grammar
  • Grammar of the Turkish language

    noun; used predicatively, they follow, unless something other than word order shows that they are being used predicatively: Used predicatively, adjectives

    Turkish grammar

    Turkish_grammar

  • Agreement (linguistics)
  • Type of inflection whereby a word changes form depending on related words

    Spanish, where articles, determiners and adjectives (both attributive and predicative) agree in number with the nouns they qualify: le grand homme ('the great

    Agreement (linguistics)

    Agreement_(linguistics)

  • German adjectives
  • Aspect of the German language

    a noun. (But, unlike in French, they are not inflected when used as predicative adjectives.) That is, they take an ending that depends on the gender

    German adjectives

    German_adjectives

  • Sylheti language
  • Indo-Aryan language spoken in Bangladesh and India

    connecting the subject to the predicative (the "zero verb" copula). There is one notable exception, however, which is when the predicative takes on the existential

    Sylheti language

    Sylheti language

    Sylheti_language

  • Generative lexicon
  • with subevents; Qualia structure: a structural differentiation of the predicative force for a lexical item. The qualia structure, inspired by Moravcsik's

    Generative lexicon

    Generative_lexicon

  • Kind (type theory)
  • Type of types in a type system

    type theory approach, in the style of Leivant's stratified system F, a predicative variant of Girard's impredicative system F. Since higher-order type operators

    Kind (type theory)

    Kind_(type_theory)

  • Pro-form
  • Word or form that substitutes for another word

    Intransitive Labile Lexical Light Modal Negative Performative Phrasal Predicative Preterite-present Pure Reflexive Regular / Irregular Separable Stative

    Pro-form

    Pro-form

  • Infinitive
  • Grammatical form

    clause: "To err is human" or "To know me is to love me." the object of a predicative expression: "What you should do is make a list" or "To know me is to

    Infinitive

    Infinitive

  • Auxiliary verb
  • Verb adding grammatical meaning rather than content meaning

    verb, e.g., The bird is in the tree. – is serves as a copula with a predicative expression not containing any other verb. Definitions of auxiliary verbs

    Auxiliary verb

    Auxiliary_verb

  • Cherokee grammar
  • Grammar of the Cherokee language

    category. Nouns often occur as arguments of verbs. They can also be used predicatively, without a copular verb. Nouns are generally much less inflected than

    Cherokee grammar

    Cherokee_grammar

  • Tunica language
  • Extinct language isolate of the Mississippi Valley

    made up of words, phrases, or clauses acting in one of the following: predicative words, independent subjects, independent objects, subject or object modifiers

    Tunica language

    Tunica language

    Tunica_language

  • Biak language
  • Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia

    'here' as the anaphoric use of demonstratives. Predicative pronouns are formed by using the inflected predicative is 'PRED' at the position otherwise occupied

    Biak language

    Biak_language

  • Axiom of reducibility
  • Axiom in Russell's ramified theory of types

    arguments is predicative if there is one of its arguments such that, when the other arguments have values assigned to them, we obtain a predicative function

    Axiom of reducibility

    Axiom_of_reducibility

  • Logicism
  • School of thought in philosophy of mathematics

    seems to have considered that only predicative definitions can be allowed in mathematics: a definition is 'predicative' and logically admissible only if

    Logicism

    Logicism

  • Tagalog grammar
  • Grammar of the Tagalog language

    Prohibited Attributive Adjective Predicative Adjective Adverbial modifier Predicative Adverbial Nominal Modifier Predicative Nominal Relative Clause Matrix

    Tagalog grammar

    Tagalog_grammar

  • Khmer language
  • Austroasiatic language

    Khmer is a zero copula language, instead preferring predicative adjectives (and even predicative nouns) unless using a copula for emphasis or to avoid

    Khmer language

    Khmer language

    Khmer_language

  • Paul Lorenzen
  • German mathematician and philosopher (1915–1994)

    dedicated to Hermann Weyl. Lorenzen used Weyl's technique to develop a predicative analysis, which can reconstruct classical analysis, without the principle

    Paul Lorenzen

    Paul Lorenzen

    Paul_Lorenzen

  • Possessive
  • Grammatical use indicating possession

    policies", etc., as determined by the context. A related use is that of the predicative expression, as in sentences like the book is mine. Here mine may be considered

    Possessive

    Possessive

  • Postpositive adjective
  • Adjective that occurs immediately after the noun or pronoun that it complements

    leave soon exited"). In syntax, postpositive position is independent of predicative position; a postpositive adjective may occur either in the subject or

    Postpositive adjective

    Postpositive_adjective

  • Tagmeme
  • Grammatical unit

    verb construction Traditional grammar Predicate Subject Object Adjunct Predicative Semantics Contrast Mirativity Thematic relation Agent Patient Topic and

    Tagmeme

    Tagmeme

  • Feature (linguistics)
  • Any characteristic used to classify a phoneme or word

    verb construction Traditional grammar Predicate Subject Object Adjunct Predicative Semantics Contrast Mirativity Thematic relation Agent Patient Topic and

    Feature (linguistics)

    Feature_(linguistics)

  • Udmurt grammar
  • Grammar of the Udmurt language

    the adjective is always plural when it functions as the sentence's predicative: Nouns are ordinarily in the singular when following cardinal numbers

    Udmurt grammar

    Udmurt_grammar

  • Greek language
  • Indo-European language

    show all the distinctions except for a person. Both attributive and predicative adjectives agree with the noun. The inflectional categories of the Greek

    Greek language

    Greek language

    Greek_language

  • Kabyle grammar
  • Grammar of the Kabyle language

    bite" → aɣẓaẓ zdi "to be united" → azday ini "to say" → timenna The predicative particle "d" is an indispensable tool in speaking Kabyle, "d" is equivalent

    Kabyle grammar

    Kabyle_grammar

  • Regular and irregular verbs
  • Classification of verbs by regularity of inflection

    Intransitive Labile Lexical Light Modal Negative Performative Phrasal Predicative Preterite-present Pure Reflexive Regular / Irregular Separable Stative

    Regular and irregular verbs

    Regular_and_irregular_verbs

  • Universal (Esperantido)
  • Constructed language based on Esperanto

    noun like an adjective, and a predicative form when they stand on their own to form a clause like a verb. The predicative form is marked by the suffix

    Universal (Esperantido)

    Universal_(Esperantido)

  • The Right and the Good
  • 1930 book by W. D. Ross

    important for philosophy to distinguish between the attributive and the predicative sense. In the attributive sense, "good" means skillful or useful, as

    The Right and the Good

    The_Right_and_the_Good

  • OptiRTC
  • American technology company

    built on Microsoft Azure and uses internet of things technology to predicatively manage distributed water systems. In June 2011, the OptiRTC team partnered

    OptiRTC

    OptiRTC

    OptiRTC

  • Traditional grammar
  • Framework for the description of the structure of a language

    book to Nikolai. A subject complement (variously called a predicative expression, predicative, predicate noun or adjective, or complement) appears in a

    Traditional grammar

    Traditional_grammar

  • Grammatical person
  • Grammatical category

    verb construction Traditional grammar Predicate Subject Object Adjunct Predicative Semantics Contrast Mirativity Thematic relation Agent Patient Topic and

    Grammatical person

    Grammatical_person

  • Modal verb
  • Type of verb, such as "might", that is used to indicate modality

    Intransitive Labile Lexical Light Modal Negative Performative Phrasal Predicative Preterite-present Pure Reflexive Regular / Irregular Separable Stative

    Modal verb

    Modal_verb

  • Bengali grammar
  • Grammar of the Bengali language

    connecting the subject to the predicative (the "zero-verb" copula). There is one notable exception, however, which is when the predicative takes on the existential

    Bengali grammar

    Bengali grammar

    Bengali_grammar

  • Kabyle language
  • Berber language of northern Algeria

    tefka aksum » "The cat to whom she gave meat." Negation Predicative particle 'd' The predicative particle 'd' is an indispensable tool in speaking Kabyle

    Kabyle language

    Kabyle language

    Kabyle_language

  • Bislama
  • English-based creole language of Vanuatu

    -pela -Ø when attributive (em i big man 'he's a big man') -wan when predicative (man i bigwan 'the man's big') woman woman woman / mere meri uman / oman

    Bislama

    Bislama

    Bislama

  • Japanese conjugation (mizenkei base)
  • Element of Japanese language

    out of left field'); it can still have a literal meaning and be used predicatively just like nai, but for literary or faux‑archaic effect, as in the Parmenidian

    Japanese conjugation (mizenkei base)

    Japanese conjugation (mizenkei base)

    Japanese_conjugation_(mizenkei_base)

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  • Drunk
  • a.

    Intoxicated with, or as with, strong drink; inebriated; drunken; -- never used attributively, but always predicatively; as, the man is drunk (not, a drunk man).

  • Predicative
  • a.

    Expressing affirmation or predication; affirming; predicating, as, a predicative term.