单词 | prepositional phrase |
释义 | > as lemmasprepositional phrase prepositional phrase n. a phrase headed by a preposition. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic unit or constituent > [noun] > phrase > specific prepositional phrase1878 noun phrase1884 case phrase1899 dangling phrase1909 VP1972 1878 Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 9 18 The article in prepositional phrases..was more likely pronominal. a1914 C. S. Peirce Coll. Papers (1932) II. ii. iii. 164 Other indexical words are prepositions, and prepositional phrases. 1965 N. Chomsky Aspects Theory Syntax ii. 101 It is well known that in Verb-Prepositional-Phrase constructions one can distinguish various degrees of ‘cohesion’ between the Verb and the accompanying Prepositional-Phrase. 1994 Appl. Linguistics 15 172 Prepositional phrases as noun modifiers are more common than either of these other constructions. < as lemmas |
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