Relativizer vs. Clause

Relativizernoun

Someone or something that relativizes.

Relativizernoun

(linguistics) A grammatical element used to indicate a relative clause.

Relativizer

In linguistics, a relativizer (abbreviated REL) is a type of conjunction that introduces a relative clause. For example, in English, the conjunction that may be considered a relativizer in a sentence such as Relativizers do not appear, at least overtly, in all languages; even in languages that do have overt or pronounced relativizers, they do not necessarily appear all of the time.

Clausenoun

(grammar) A verb, its necessary grammatical arguments, and any adjuncts affecting them.

Clausenoun

(grammar) A verb along with its subject and their modifiers. If a clause provides a complete thought on its own, then it is an independent (superordinate) clause; otherwise, it is (subordinate) dependent.

Clausenoun

(legal) A separate part of a contract, a will or another legal document.

Clauseverb

To amend (a bill of lading or similar document).

Clausenoun

A separate portion of a written paper, paragraph, or sentence; an article, stipulation, or proviso, in a legal document.

Clausenoun

A subordinate portion or a subdivision of a sentence containing a subject and its predicate.

Clausenoun

See Letters clause or Letters close, under Letter.

Clausenoun

(grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence

Clausenoun

a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)

Clause

In language, a clause is a constituent that links a semantic predicand (expressed or not) and a semantic predicate. A typical clause consists of a subject and a syntactic predicate, the latter typically a verb phrase, a verb with any objects and other modifiers.