c refers to something about which a statement or assertion is made in the
rest of the sentence.
That part of the sentence containing the verb, or verb group (and which
may include objects, complements, or adverbials) is known as the
predicate. The predicate is that part of the sentence which predicates
something of the subject. For example:
subject predicate
The woman smiled.
Fish is good for you.
see also object^1subject complement n
see complement
subjective marking n
another term for subjective scoring
subjective scoring n
(in testing) the assignment of marks, grades or scores for a test taker’s
performance based on someone’s opinion or judgement. Speaking tests are
usually based on subjective scoring.
see also objective scoring
subjective test n
a test that is subjectively scored (i.e. scored according to the personal
judgement of the marker), such as an essay examination, which may be
contrasted with an objective test.
Subject-Prominent language n
a language in which the grammatical units of subjectand predicate
are basic to the structure of sentences and in which sentences usually have
subject-predicate structure. English is a Subject-Prominent language, since
sentences such as the following are a usual sentence type:
I have already seen Peter.
(Subject) (Predicate)
A language in which the grammatical units of topic and comment (see
topic^2 ) are basic to the structure of sentences is known as a Topic-Prominent
language. Chinese is a Topic-Prominent language, since sentences with Topic-
Comment structure are a usual sentence type in Chinese. For example:
Zhangs 1 nwDyCjCng jiàn guo le
Zhangsan I already see aspect particle marker
i.e. Zhangsan, I have already seen (him).
(Topic) (Comment)
subject complement