| Lemma | predicatoid |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Martinet (1962) |
| Titolo | A Functional View of Language |
| Sinonimi | |
| Rinvii | primary and non-primary function (inglese) |
| Traduzioni | |
| Citazioni | Within a so-called subordinate clause such as 'he had just engaged' [in 'yesterday, the head of the department dictated a four-page letter to the secretary he had just engaged'], the same functional hierarchy obtains as in the so-called main clause, but we should not speak of a predicate there, but of a ‘predicatoid’, and the functions of elements directly connected with it should be considered at best primary-like. |