Predicand

In semantics, a predicand is an argument in an utterance, specifically that of which something is predicated.[1] By extension, in syntax, it is the constituent in a clause typically functioning as the subject.[2]: 76 

  1. ^ Aarts, Bas (2014). The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar. Oxford University Press. OCLC 961478264.
  2. ^ Huddleston, Rodney; Pullum, Geoffrey K. (2005). A student's introduction to English grammar. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.