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A-Z 215complementary distributionConcept introduced by N.Trubetzkoy (1939), term for the distribution of twoallophones of the same phoneme which never occur in the same phonetic environment.( also free variation)ReferencesTrubetzkoy, N. 1939. Grundzüge der Phonologie. Göttingen. (4th edn 1967.)phonologycomplementation1 In transformational grammar, the generation of complements, such as obligatory verbcomplements that are immediate parts of the verb phrase. The generation of complementswith sentential value that in the deep structure are embedded as constituent clauses areregarded as a special case of this general concept of complementation. Their partlyobligatory, partly optional realization as that/whether/if-sentences or as infinitiveconstructions in the surface structure is verb-dependent. ( also complementizer,equi-NP-deletion, raising)ReferencesBresnan, J.W. 1970. On complementizers: toward a syntactic theory of complement types. FL 6.297–321.Burt, M.K. 1971. From deep to surface structure: an introduction to transformational syntax. NewYork.Esau, H. 1973. Nominalization and complementation in modern German. Amsterdam.Geest, W.de and Y.Putseys (eds) 1984. Sentential complementation. Dordrecht.Jacobs, R.A. and P.S.Rosenbaum. 1968. English transformational grammar. Waltham, MA.Karttunen, L. 1971. The logic of English predicate complement constructions. Bloomington, IN.Kiparsky, P. and C.Kiparsky. 1970. Fact. In M. Bierwisch and K.E.Heidolph (eds), Progress inlinguistics. The Hague. 243–73.Olsen, S. 1981. Problems of seem/scheinen constructions and their implications for the theory ofpredicate sentential complementation. Tübingen.Rosenbaum, P.S. 1967. The grammar of English predicate complement constructions. Cambridge,MA.Stockwell, R.P. et al. 1973. The major syntactic structures of English. New York.subcategorization2 complementation and modification