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词汇 postposition
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Definition of postposition in English:

postposition

noun pəʊs(t)pəˈzɪʃ(ə)nˌpoʊs(t)pəˈzɪʃ(ə)n
Grammar
  • A word or morpheme placed after the word it governs, for example -ward in homeward.

    〔语法〕后置词;后置词素

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This actuality of things is emphasized by the postposition of the color adjective, in accordance with normal, non-poetic usage: it excludes any metaphorical interpretation.
    • It's quite different from English, too, in that it puts the verb at the end of the sentence and uses postpositions instead of prepositions.
    • A switch within the prepositional phrase should be ruled out because English has prepositions and Panjabi postpositions.

Derivatives

  • postpositional

  • adjective
    Grammar
    • In Japanese as in Carrier, it is possible to describe the cooking process more specifically by adding adverbs and postpositional phrases, e.g. ‘gently’ or ‘in a frying pan’, but the number of basic verbs is limited.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Korean is a subject-object-verb language, for example, and has a rich system of postpositional case markers.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from preposition, by substitution of the prefix post- for pre-.

Definition of postposition in US English:

postposition

nounˌpōs(t)pəˈziSH(ə)nˌpoʊs(t)pəˈzɪʃ(ə)n
Grammar
  • A word or morpheme placed after the word it governs, for example -ward in homeward.

    〔语法〕后置词;后置词素

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's quite different from English, too, in that it puts the verb at the end of the sentence and uses postpositions instead of prepositions.
    • A switch within the prepositional phrase should be ruled out because English has prepositions and Panjabi postpositions.
    • This actuality of things is emphasized by the postposition of the color adjective, in accordance with normal, non-poetic usage: it excludes any metaphorical interpretation.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from preposition, by substitution of the prefix post- for pre-.

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