Definition of postposition in English:
postposition
noun pəʊs(t)pəˈzɪʃ(ə)nˌpoʊs(t)pəˈzɪʃ(ə)n
Grammar A word or morpheme placed after the word it governs, for example -ward in homeward.
Example sentencesExamples
- This actuality of things is emphasized by the postposition of the color adjective, in accordance with normal, non-poetic usage: it excludes any metaphorical interpretation.
- It's quite different from English, too, in that it puts the verb at the end of the sentence and uses postpositions instead of prepositions.
- A switch within the prepositional phrase should be ruled out because English has prepositions and Panjabi postpositions.
Derivatives
adjective
Grammar In Japanese as in Carrier, it is possible to describe the cooking process more specifically by adding adverbs and postpositional phrases, e.g. ‘gently’ or ‘in a frying pan’, but the number of basic verbs is limited.
Example sentencesExamples
- Korean is a subject-object-verb language, for example, and has a rich system of postpositional case markers.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from preposition, by substitution of the prefix post- for pre-.
Definition of postposition in US English:
postposition
nounˌpōs(t)pəˈziSH(ə)nˌpoʊs(t)pəˈzɪʃ(ə)n
Grammar A word or morpheme placed after the word it governs, for example -ward in homeward.
Example sentencesExamples
- It's quite different from English, too, in that it puts the verb at the end of the sentence and uses postpositions instead of prepositions.
- A switch within the prepositional phrase should be ruled out because English has prepositions and Panjabi postpositions.
- This actuality of things is emphasized by the postposition of the color adjective, in accordance with normal, non-poetic usage: it excludes any metaphorical interpretation.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from preposition, by substitution of the prefix post- for pre-.