Adposition

English

Etymology

From Template:Prefix, from Template:Der, from Template:M, past participle of Template:M, an alternative form of Template:M.

Pronunciation

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Noun

1. Template:Lb An element that combines syntactically with a phrase and indicates how that phrase should be interpreted in the surrounding context; a preposition or postposition.
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     It is well known in West African linguistics that languages in this broad sense display adpositions that emerge out of these two sources, namely nouns and verbs.

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Synonyms

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Hyponyms

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Translations

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• Chinese:

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• Romanian: Template:T
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Further reading

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Finnish

Noun

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