adposition
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adposition
- /ˌædpəˈzɪʃən/
Rhymes with -ɪʃən
Where it comes from
From ad- + position, from Latin adpositio, from adpositum, past participle of adponere, an alternative form of apponere (“to put near”).
noun adpositions
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An element that combines syntactically with a phrase and indicates how that phrase should be interpreted in the surrounding context; a preposition or postposition.
Throughout this book, I have assumed that adpositions (prepositions and postpositions) are not lexical categories, but rather functional categories.[…]While this view of adpositions is far from unprecedented, it runs contrary to the more standard generative treatment, championed by Jackendoff (1977:
Similar: preposition
Translations
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noun element combining with a phrase and indicating how to interpret the phrase in the context
| Español | adposición |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 接置詞 setchishi |
| 中文 | 介詞 /介词 jiècí, 後置詞 /后置词 hòuzhìcí |
| Português | adposição |
| Français | adposition |
| Deutsch | Adposition, Präposition, Verhältniswort, Lagewort |
| Română | adpoziție |
| Русский | послело́г poslelóg |
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