preverbaladj.n.

Brit.

/ˌpriːˈvəːbl/, U.S.

/ˌpriˈvərb(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, verbal adj.

Etymology: < pre- prefix + verbal adj. Compare French preverbal occurring or positioned before a verb (1905 or earlier). Compare post-verbal adj. at post- prefix 2a(b)(iv)(2).

A. adj.

1. Preceding the formulation of an utterance; prior to or present before the development of speech.In quot. 1891: preceding the existence of the related verb.

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preverbal1891

pre-speech1920

1891 Hebraica 7 153 The Part[iciple] is a genuine and preverbal noun, the ancestral source of the verb.

1931 G. Stern Meaning & Change of Meaning v. 115 A pre-verbal phase of ‘gedankliche Gliederung’ follows on the preliminary adjustment.

1938 I. Goldberg Wonder of Words ii. 28 Obviously there was what may be called a preverbal intelligence.

1957 C. E. Osgood et al. in S. Saporta & J. R. Bastian Psycholinguistics (1961) 287/1 The auditory effects of hearing ‘hammer’ do not produce behavior in any way relevant to hammer object in the pre-verbal child.

1979 Nature 13 Dec. 724/1 The stimulus comparison task..appears to have been carried out at a post-perceptual, pre-verbal level.

1992 Appl. Linguistics 13 4 The output of this component is so-called ‘preverbal messages’, in other words messages which contain all the necessary information to convert meaning into language, but which are not themselves linguistic.

2. Grammar. Occurring or positioned before a verb.

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post-verbal1891

preverbal1908

preverb1966

1908 Mod. Lang. Notes 23 29/1 The Old English pronominal dative retained the pre-verbal position of the active voice.

1932 Language 8 262 The cardinal feature of Engl. word order consists in the preverbal position of the subject rather than in the postverbal place of the object.

1959 M. A. K. Halliday Lang. Chinese ‘Secret Hist. Mongols’ vi. 88 The conditional is marked lexico-grammatically, by a system of adverbs..designated by position as ‘preverbal’ and ‘final’.

1972 J. L. Dillard Black Eng. iv. 152 Abram..is represented as using the pre-verbal durative particle a (Your a gwine).

1992 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 37 83 Her general approach is to claim that preverbal position is associated with pragmatically marked clauses.

B. n.

A word or particle which precedes a verb. Now rare.

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > verb > [noun] > word preceding the verb

preverbal1956

1956 Hispanic Rev. 24 253 The repeated occurrence of REPEDĀRE in Latin texts enables Malkiel to argue for the existence of other common preverbals besides RE-.

1958 Archivum Linguisticum 10 32 Or a post-verbal, counter to appearances, may vie with a preverbal.

1962 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 82 247/2 Constructions based upon verbs are rather complex,..because of a set of ‘preverbals’..which precede the verb.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	preverbal
释义	preverbaladj.n. Brit. /ˌpriːˈvəːbl/, U.S. /ˌpriˈvərb(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, verbal adj. Etymology: < pre- prefix + verbal adj. Compare French preverbal occurring or positioned before a verb (1905 or earlier). Compare post-verbal adj. at post- prefix 2a(b)(iv)(2). A. adj. 1. Preceding the formulation of an utterance; prior to or present before the development of speech.In quot. 1891: preceding the existence of the related verb. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > developmental psychology > [adjective] > preceding speech development preverbal1891 pre-speech1920 1891 Hebraica 7 153 The Part[iciple] is a genuine and preverbal noun, the ancestral source of the verb. 1931 G. Stern Meaning & Change of Meaning v. 115 A pre-verbal phase of ‘gedankliche Gliederung’ follows on the preliminary adjustment. 1938 I. Goldberg Wonder of Words ii. 28 Obviously there was what may be called a preverbal intelligence. 1957 C. E. Osgood et al. in S. Saporta & J. R. Bastian Psycholinguistics (1961) 287/1 The auditory effects of hearing ‘hammer’ do not produce behavior in any way relevant to hammer object in the pre-verbal child. 1979 Nature 13 Dec. 724/1 The stimulus comparison task..appears to have been carried out at a post-perceptual, pre-verbal level. 1992 Appl. Linguistics 13 4 The output of this component is so-called ‘preverbal messages’, in other words messages which contain all the necessary information to convert meaning into language, but which are not themselves linguistic. 2. Grammar. Occurring or positioned before a verb. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > verb > [adjective] > preceding or following a verb post-verbal1891 preverbal1908 preverb1966 1908 Mod. Lang. Notes 23 29/1 The Old English pronominal dative retained the pre-verbal position of the active voice. 1932 Language 8 262 The cardinal feature of Engl. word order consists in the preverbal position of the subject rather than in the postverbal place of the object. 1959 M. A. K. Halliday Lang. Chinese ‘Secret Hist. Mongols’ vi. 88 The conditional is marked lexico-grammatically, by a system of adverbs..designated by position as ‘preverbal’ and ‘final’. 1972 J. L. Dillard Black Eng. iv. 152 Abram..is represented as using the pre-verbal durative particle a (Your a gwine). 1992 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 37 83 Her general approach is to claim that preverbal position is associated with pragmatically marked clauses. B. n. A word or particle which precedes a verb. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > verb > [noun] > word preceding the verb preverbal1956 1956 Hispanic Rev. 24 253 The repeated occurrence of REPEDĀRE in Latin texts enables Malkiel to argue for the existence of other common preverbals besides RE-. 1958 Archivum Linguisticum 10 32 Or a post-verbal, counter to appearances, may vie with a preverbal. 1962 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 82 247/2 Constructions based upon verbs are rather complex,..because of a set of ‘preverbals’..which precede the verb. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1891
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