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clausal complement
Language; General language
A clause used as a complement, i.e. used to complete the sentence's meaning.
clause
Language; General language
A part of a sentence that itself includes a subject and a predicate.
cledonism
Language; General language
The use of circumlocution to avoid saying words that you believe are unlucky - e.g. most people avoid saying words like died or Nixon.
cleft infinitive
Language; General language
Another name for the split infinitive, i.e. an infinitive that has an adverb between the to and the verbal part
cohortative
Language; General language
A grammatical mood that is used to express a plea, insistence, imploring, a wish, desire, purpose, or intent.
cohyponymic transfer
Language; General language
A process of semantic change specific to taxonomical naming where the same word is used to denote different but similar things.
colon (:)
Language; General language
A punctuation mark (:) that is normally used to indicate a pause greater than a semicolon, but less than a period.
