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postposition
noun
(post-po-si-tion)
the placing of a grammatical element after a word to which it is primarily related in a sentence; also : such a word or particle especially when functioning as a preposition
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postposition
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ergative
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locative
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adposition
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function word
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grammatical case
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major form class
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parelcon
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noun phrase
,
content word
,
circumposition
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verbify
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adnoun
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adnominal
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direct object
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dative
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nounize
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orthotone
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accusative case
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genitive case
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objective case
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subjunction
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nominative case
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verb phrase
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common noun
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demonstrative pronoun
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word form
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reflexive verb
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prepositional phrase
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indirect object
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verb
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genitive
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relative clause
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aptote
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preposition
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noun
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free morpheme
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vocative
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count noun
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phrasal verb
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anthimeria
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auxiliary verb
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concrete noun
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dative case
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predeterminer
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adverb
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relative pronoun
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possessive case
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reciprocal pronoun
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verbal noun
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transitive verb
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nominative
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split infinitive
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indefinite pronoun
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accusative
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subject case
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adverbiality
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gerund
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independent clause
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mass noun
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proper noun
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oblique case
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pronoun
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adverbial
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enclisis
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monoptote
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sememe
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aoristic
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vocative case
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infinitive
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prefixation
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intransitive verb
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adjective
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main clause
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ablative case
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dative bond
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complex sentence
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paronym
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compound sentence
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past participle
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comitative
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suffix
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morphophoneme
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enclitic
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dvandva
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ecthlipsis
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adessive
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present participle
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pentaptote
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onym
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language unit
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apocopation
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circumpose
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alpha privative
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apocope
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abessive
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hypernymy
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dependent clause
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formal language
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apocopate
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declension
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postposition
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