Predicand

Quick meaning: Predicand is a noun meaning (syntax) What a clausal predicate, predicative complement or adjunct relates to.

Meaning

(syntax) What a clausal predicate, predicative complement or adjunct relates to.

More Meanings

1. (semantics) The referent of the phrase of which another constituent (the predicate) is predicated.

Example Sentences

In, "downhearted, he left," the predicand for downhearted is the person denoted by he (cf. he was downhearted).

For example, in They appear uneasy, the property of being uneasy is predicated of (the referent of) they, which is therefore the predicand.

Word Forms

• predicands

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include complementation, conjunct, complement, copula, complementizer, superpredicate.

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