Postpositioning
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Postpositioning is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of postposition.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of postposition.
More Meanings
- (grammar) An instance where a modifier appears after the noun it modifies.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- postpositionings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ergative, locative, fronting, prepositioning.
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