postposition
Pronunciations (2)
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/ˌpəʊstpəˈzɪʃən/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˌpoʊstpəˈzɪʃən/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
Noun
A word that has the same purpose as a preposition but comes after the noun.
The act of placing after, or the state of being placed after.
- Examples
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the postposition of the nominative case to the verb
Verb
To be placed after a the word that it modifies.
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More examples (1)
Nonetheless, PPs in my dataset not only make up the bulk of the non-clausal postpositionings, but they are also postpositioned at a relatively high rate, particularly in comparison to adverbs, the second most frequent form.
Noun
(linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element after another (as placing a modifier after the word that it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix after the base to which it is attached)
Word forms
postpositionspostpositionspostpositioningpostpositionedpostpositioned