What does "postpositioning" mean?

An instance where a modifier appears after the noun it modifies.

What is a synonym for "postpositioning"?

Common synonyms include: continuation, continuity, descent, extension, following, line.

Postpositioning

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun

1
An instance where a modifier appears after the noun it modifies.
"Nonetheless, PPs in my dataset not only make up the bulk of the non-clausal postpositionings, but they are also postpositioned at a relatively high rate, particularly in comparison to adverbs, the second most frequent form."

Verb

1
present participle and gerund of postposition form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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continuation continuity descent extension following line

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"Nonetheless, PPs in my dataset not only make up the bulk of the non-clausal postpositionings, but they are also postpositioned at a relatively high rate, particularly in comparison to adverbs, the second most frequent form."

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