单词 | extraposition |
释义 | extrapositionn. Grammar. (See quot. 1933.) ΚΠ 1927 O. Jespersen Mod. Eng. Gram. III. i. 12 In many cases the to-infinitive as a primary is placed in extraposition while it represents it in the ordinary position. 1933 O. Jespersen Essent. Eng. Gram. (1939) ix. 95 A word or group of words is often placed by itself, outside the sentence proper, in which it is represented by a pronoun; we then speak of ‘extraposition’: For the raine, it raineth every day. Derivatives ˌextrapoˈsitional adj. ΚΠ 1961 Y. Olsson On Syntax Eng. Verb v. 88 The extra-positional, but intra-sectional, units. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1927 |
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