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Prepositions like 'of' and 'on' function syntactically as complementizers.
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Is it true that prepositions like 'of' and 'on' function syntactically as complementizers?
Yes. Syntactic research indicates that certain prepositions share functional properties with complementizers or can act as prepositional complementizers within phrase structures.
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The analysis
One study specifically analyzes prepositional complementizers such as 'of', and one study discusses the morphophonological and categorical overlaps between adpositions (prepositions) and complementizers, supporting the claim that prepositions can function syntactically as complementizers.
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Kayne, R. S. (2000). A Note on Prepositions, Complementizers, and Word Order Universals. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195102352.003.0015
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Baunaz, L. (2019). Functional Categories: Complementizers and Adpositions. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199384655.013.506
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