extraposableadj.
/ɛkstrəˈpəʊzəb(ə)l/ Grammar.
That may be extraposed.
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reflexed1836
pseudo-cleft1967
extraposed1972
fronted1972
extraposable1978
1978 Stud. Eng. Lit.: Eng. Number (Tokyo) 109 A striking regularity emerges, since all and only categories that share a certain property are extraposable from any phrase.
Derivatives
extraposaˈbility n.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic relations > [noun] > change of word order or position > specific types of movement or transformation > ability to undergo
extraposability1968
1968 Language 44 755 One of the more remarkable syntactic developments between Old English and Modern English is this constraint on the extraposability of non-restrictive clauses.
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adj.1968