单词 | pre-adjunct |
释义 | > as lemmaspre-adjunct pre-adjunct n. Brit. /(ˌ)priːˈadʒʌŋ(k)t/ , U.S. /ˌpriˈæˌdʒəŋ(k)t/ Grammar an adjunct that precedes the word it modifies.ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic unit or constituent > [noun] > adjunct or adverbial > which precedes word it modifies pre-adjunct1898 1898 H. Sweet New Eng. Gram. ii. §1759 Thus pre-adjunct or pre-adjective position means that the adjunct-word precedes its head-word. 1914 O. Jespersen Mod. Eng. Gram. II. xiv. 331 There are some adjectives that are hardly ever used predicatively, and on the other hand some that are hardly ever used as pre-adjuncts. 1957 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xxviii. 123 What, which, whose, and how serve as pre-adjuncts: 1 What book?; 2 How far is it? 2000 A. M. Devine & L. D. Stephens Discontinuous Syntax: Hyperbaton in Greek vi. 285 It is..possible for one of the Y elements to be internal to the nuclear clause and the other an external adjunct or apposition (preadjunct plus internal noun or internal null head modifier plus appositional noun). < as lemmas |
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