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10 Language-to-English DictionariesPostposition
/ˌpoʊst.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A word or grammatical marker that comes after its complement or the noun it governs, functioning similarly to a preposition.
"Korean and Japanese make extensive use of postpositions to indicate grammatical cases." - 2
The structural placement of a word or constituent after another word.
"The postposition of the modifier alters the syntactic flow of the sentence."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Late Latin 'postpositio', formed from 'post-' meaning 'after' and 'positio' meaning 'placing' or 'position'. It entered English grammatical terminology in the 19th century to describe linguistic elements that follow their complement, contrasting with prepositions.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Postposition" is said worldwide
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postposition
Transliteration: postpozisjɔ̃
"Le coréen utilise de nombreuses postpositions."
Postposition
Transliteration: pɔstpotɪˈt͡si̯oːn
"Eine Postposition steht hinter ihrem Bezugswort."
postposizione
Transliteration: postpottsjˈone
"La postposizione segue il nome."
posposición
Transliteration: posposiˈsjon
"Las lenguas aglutinantes suelen usar posposiciones."
posposição
Transliteration: pospoziˈsɐ̃w
"A posposição gramatical funciona como um marcador de caso."
परसर्ग
Transliteration: parasarg
"हिंदी में संज्ञा के बाद परसर्ग का प्रयोग होता है।"
后置词
Transliteration: hòuzhìcí
"朝鲜语中有丰富的后置词。"
조사
Transliteration: josa
"한국어의 조사는 체언 뒤에 붙어 문법적 관계를 나타낸다."
後置詞
Transliteration: kōchishi
"日本語の助詞は典型的な後置詞である。"
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