NOUN | communication | postposition | (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element after another (as placing a modifier after the word that it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix after the base to which it is attached) |
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Meaning | (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element after another (as placing a modifier after the word that it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix after the base to which it is attached). | |
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Category | linguistics | The scientific study of language |
Broader | place, position | An item on a list or in a sequence |
Spanish | posposición | |
Adjectives | postpositive | (of a modifier) placed after another word |
Verbs | postpose | place after another constituent in the sentence |
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