predicate noun

(grammar) A noun used in the predicate of a sentence with a copulative verb or a factitive verb and that refers to the subject of the copulative verb or the direct object of the factitive verb. For example "He is a fireman" or "They made him chief".

日本語の意味

述語名詞：連結動詞（等位動詞）や事実動詞の後に置かれ、主語（または、事実動詞の場合は直接目的語）と同一視される名詞。例えば、「He is a fireman」の「fireman」は、主語と同一の属性を示すための述語名詞です。

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In the sentence 'He is a fireman,' the predicate noun 'fireman' identifies the subject.

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「He is a fireman.」という文では、述語名詞である「消防士」が主語を示します。

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Harner pointed out that "Colwell was almost entirely concerned with the question whether anarthrous predicate nouns were definite or indefinite, and he did not discuss at any length the problem of their qualitative significance."

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predicate nouns

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