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10 Language-to-English DictionariesPostposición
Pronunciation / Transliteration: postposiˈθjon
"En la frase 'El libro, lo encontré ayer', 'lo encontré ayer' es un ejemplo de postposición."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The act of placing a word or phrase after another element in a sentence, often for emphasis or clarity.
"In the sentence 'The book, I found it yesterday,' the phrase 'I found it yesterday' is an example of postposing." - 2
A syntactic construction where a modifier or complement follows the head it modifies.
"Postposing can be seen in the phrase 'The man who won the race, he is my brother.'"
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term 'postposing' is derived from the prefix 'post-', meaning 'after', and the verb 'pose', which comes from Latin 'ponere', meaning 'to place'. The concept has evolved in linguistic studies to refer to the placement of elements after a certain point in a sentence structure, particularly in syntax.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Postposing" is said worldwide
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Postposition
Transliteration: pɔstpɔzisyon
"Dans la phrase 'Le livre, je l'ai trouvé hier', 'je l'ai trouvé hier' est un exemple de postposition."
Postposition
Transliteration: pɔstpɔziˈt͡si̯oːn
"In dem Satz 'Das Buch, ich habe es gestern gefunden', ist 'ich habe es gestern gefunden' ein Beispiel für Postposition."
Postposizione
Transliteration: postpozit͡sjoˈne
"Nella frase 'Il libro, l'ho trovato ieri', 'l'ho trovato ieri' è un esempio di postposizione."
Postposición
Transliteration: postposiˈθjon
"En la frase 'El libro, lo encontré ayer', 'lo encontré ayer' es un ejemplo de postposición."
Postposição
Transliteration: postpɔziˈsɐ̃w
"Na frase 'O livro, eu o encontrei ontem', 'eu o encontrei ontem' é um exemplo de postposição."
पश्चपद
Transliteration: pashchpad
"वाक्य 'किताब, मैंने इसे कल पाया' में 'मैंने इसे कल पाया' पश्चपद का उदाहरण है।"
后置
Transliteration: hòuzhì
"在句子'这本书，我昨天找到了'中，'我昨天找到了'是后置的例子。"
후치
Transliteration: huchi
"문장 '그 책, 나는 어제 찾았다'에서 '나는 어제 찾았다'는 후치의 예입니다."
後置
Transliteration: こうち
"文 'その本、私は昨日見つけた' の中で '私は昨日見つけた' は後置の例です。"
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