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The Complement Function Complement-function-The-two-primary-functions-of…
The Complement Function
Direct object
Function
To specify the meaning of a verb.
has
Transitive Verb
Syntagmatic realizations
CD SN homogeneous
SN determinant
N + attributes
CDSN Heterogeneous
SNN + C N preposition
SNN + N ( by coordination)
SNN + Aposition
CDSN substitute (Pronoun)
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Prepositional or supplementary (object) complement
It cannot be deleted without altering the meaning of the sentence.
is characterized by
In front of the subject cannot be affected in number or person.
It is always introduced by a preposition.
It is interchangeable.
Rules for identifying the direct object
It commutes with the personal pronouns lo, las. los when it is no longer one of them.
It follows the verb without preposition or with the preposition "a".
It is constructed with "a" to refer to persons, or to a personified thing that is not a subject.
The complements of measure, duration, weight and price play the role of CD since they can be swithched by the unstressed pronouns lo, la, los, las.
The indirect object function
is
The complement of the verbal nucleus that expresses the person, animal or thing in which the action of the verb is accomplished or ends.
Rules for identification
It commutes with the personal pronouns the, les when it is no longer one of them.
It is introduced by the preposition "a" or "for".
When the sentence revers to passive, it does not become a subject.
Circumstantial (adjacent) complement.
Extrinsically modifies the verbal nucleus.
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