| 释义 |
extrapose, v. Gram.|ɛkstrəˈpəʊz|
[Back-formation f. extraposition n.]
trans. To move (a word or group of words) outside or to the end of the clause or sentence to which it belongs while retaining the sense. Occas. intr., to bear extraposition, to be extraposable.
1965P. Rosenbaum Gram. Eng. Predicate Complement Constructions (Mass. Inst. Technol. Ph.D. thesis typescript) ii. 23 The phrase is extraposed to the end of the string. 1968Language XLIV. 753 In both instances, the dependent genitive..would be extraposed beyond the verb phrase. Ibid., Non-restrictive clauses extrapose just like the restrictive. 1973Papers in Linguistics VI. 243 No appositive (non-restrictive) relative clause may be extraposed by this rule. 1985Studies in Eng. Lit.: Eng. Number (Tokyo) 83 An IRC [= infinitival relative clause] cannot be extraposed or coordinated with an RC. 1991R. M. W. Dixon New Approach Eng. Gram. i. 14 A that complement clause in subject position is typically extraposed to the end of the sentence, with it..occupying the subject slot.
Hence extraˈposed ppl. a., extraˈposing vbl. n.
1972R. Quirk et al. Gram. Contemp. Eng. xiv. 964 The extraposed clause may be any kind of nominal clause, except a nominal relative clause. 1976Amer. Speech 1974 XLIX. 273 He has also omitted much consideration of the informational structure of sentences—questions of prominence achieved by thematization, extraposing, clefting, and the like. 1989Lit. & Linguistic Computing IV. 220/2 The component Ext is a list of extraposed slots (in internal form), used for later filling by extraposed phrases. |