A noun clause acts as a substitution of noun phrase. For example :
I like the food. "The food" is object of the sentence.
I like what you have cooked. "What you have cooked" is a noun clause.
But who knows the function of this "that clause" if we accept it's function is a noun clause?
We are happy that you are here.
Why this that clause is a noun clause?
How an adjective complement can be a "noun clause"?
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Re: How an adjective complement can be a "noun clause"?
A that-clause, depending on sentence-position, can function nominally, adjectivally or adverbially.
In the example you cite it is adverbial (i.e. not a noun clause), since it specifies WHY you are happy.
In the example you cite it is adverbial (i.e. not a noun clause), since it specifies WHY you are happy.