verbal complement
Explanation:
Hi; it does appear to be just literal. I'll post some links :)
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Note added at 7 mins (2008-01-27 14:16:55 GMT)
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Regular control constructions allow passivization, with the verbal complement or an expletive as a passive subject (cf. 10-11). Control pseudocoordinations ...
www.hku.hk/linguist/research/Ab_lodrup.htm
in which certain verbs can precede their verbal complement rather than follow ... selects the verbal complement zu verkaufen, and the accusative object das ...
www.springerlink.com/index/M03T52006M76663N.pdf
The verbal complement which functions as subject is not marked for case; the non-subject complements are marked for case by prepositions. ...
www.languagelinks.org/oldsite/book/papers_current.html
etc...
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