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Meaning of "extraposition" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EXTRAPOSITION

extraposition  [ˌɛkstrəpəˈzɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EXTRAPOSITION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Extraposition is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EXTRAPOSITION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

extraposition

Extraposition

Extraposition is a mechanism of syntax that alters word order in such a manner that a relatively "heavy" constituent appears to the right of its canonical position. Extraposing a constituent results in a discontinuity and in this regard, it is unlike shifting, which does not generate a discontinuity. The extraposed constituent is separated from its governor by one or more words that dominate its governor. Two types of extraposition are acknowledged in theoretical syntax: standard cases where extraposition is optional and it-extraposition where extraposition is obligatory. Extraposition is motivated in part by a desire to reduce center embedding by increasing right-branching and thus easing processing, center-embedded structures being more difficult to process. Extraposition occurs frequently in English and related languages.

Definition of extraposition in the English dictionary

The definition of extraposition in the dictionary is placement of something outside something else. Other definition of extraposition is a rule that moves embedded clauses out to the end of the main clause, converting, for example, A man who will help has just arrived into A man has just arrived who will help.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EXTRAPOSITION


apposition
ˌæpəˈzɪʃən
composition
ˌkɒmpəˈzɪʃən
deposition
ˌdɛpəˈzɪʃən
disposition
ˌdɪspəˈzɪʃən
electrodeposition
ɪˈlektrəʊˌdepəˈzɪʃən
exposition
ˌɛkspəˈzɪʃən
imposition
ˌɪmpəˈzɪʃən
juxtaposition
ˌdʒʌkstəpəˈzɪʃən
opposition
ˌɒpəˈzɪʃən
oviposition
ˌəʊvɪpəˈzɪʃən
position
pəˈzɪʃən
predisposition
ˌpriːdɪspəˈzɪʃən
preposition
ˌprɛpəˈzɪʃən
presupposition
ˌpriːsʌpəˈzɪʃən
proposition
ˌprɒpəˈzɪʃən
reposition
ˌriːpəˈzɪʃən
superimposition
ˌsuːpərˌɪmpəˈzɪʃən
superposition
ˌsuːpəpəˈzɪʃən
supposition
ˌsʌpəˈzɪʃən
transposition
ˌtrænspəˈzɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EXTRAPOSITION

extraordinary
extraordinary general meeting
extraordinary ray
extraordinary rendition
extrapolate
extrapolation
extrapolative
extrapolator
extrapolatory
extrapose
extrapyramidal
extras
extrasensory
extrasensory perception
extrasolar
extrasolar planet
extrasystole
extraterrestrial
extraterritorial
extraterritoriality

WORDS THAT END LIKE EXTRAPOSITION

accreditation
acquisition
addition
ambition
audition
competition
condition
definition
edition
exhibition
expedition
ignition
in a position
in addition
in mint condition
limited edition
nutrition
recognition
tradition
transition
tuition

Synonyms and antonyms of extraposition in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «extraposition» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EXTRAPOSITION

Find out the translation of extraposition to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of extraposition from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «extraposition» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

外位
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

extraposición
570 millions of speakers

English

extraposition
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

extraposition
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

extraposition
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

extraposition
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

extraposição
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

extraposition
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

extraposition
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengekangan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ausklammerung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

外置変形
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

외치
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ekstraksi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

extraposition
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

extraposition
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उतारा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

extraposition
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

extraposition
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

extraposition
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

extraposition
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

extraposition
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

extraposition
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ekstra position
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

extraposition
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

extraposition
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of extraposition

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EXTRAPOSITION»

The term «extraposition» is used very little and occupies the 167.578 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of extraposition
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «extraposition».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EXTRAPOSITION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «extraposition» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «extraposition» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about extraposition

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXTRAPOSITION»

Discover the use of extraposition in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to extraposition and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
It-extraposition and non-extraposition in English: a study ...
Kaltenbock shows that the exchangeability of the two structures as postulated by generative linguistics is to be qualified. Along with syntactic, semantic and stylistic aspects the work discusses mainly functional factors.
Gunther Kaltenböck, 2004
2
On Extraction and Extraposition in German
The nine contributions to this volume document the recent lively discussions on the adequate analyses of extraction constructions, on the impact of extraction on semantic interpretation, and, above all, on the question of which ...
Uli Lutz, Jürgen Pafel, 1996
3
What Some Its Are: Non-referential It, Extraposition, and Copies
This thesis looks to explain the syntactic and semantic behavior of non-referential uses of it that co-occur with embedded clauses.
Jed Shahar, 2008
4
Directionality and Logical Form: On the Scope of Focusing ...
5.4 Why extraposition? Chomsky (1993) makes an important proposal aimed at restricting the descriptive power of linguistic theory, namely that overt movement is a costly operation that should not apply without a reason. In this theory, optional ...
Josef Bayer, 1996
5
A Unified Theory of Syntactic Categories
Extraposition of S Since the pioneering study of Ross (1967), two varieties of extraposition from within an NP to the end of an S have been recognized. When there is no lexical head N, as in the subcategorized [NP§] arguments discussed in ...
Joseph E. Emonds, 1985
6
A Student's Introduction to English Grammar
§3.1 Subject extraposition 247 Prescriptive grammar note Some writers on scientific topics appear to think that passives are required for objectivity (The mice were anaesthetised rather than We anaesthetised the mice). At the other extreme, ...
Rodney D. Huddleston, Geoffrey K. Pullum, 2005
7
Discourse Patterns in Spoken and Written Corpora
In such cases only those constructions were included in the class of non- extraposition where an extraposed counterpart was structurally possible, i.e. independent of contextual considerations. While the availability of the extraposed version is ...
Karin Aijmer, Anna-Brita Stenström, 2004
8
Right Node Raising and Gapping: Interface Conditions on ...
3.2.2 Right Node Raising and extraposition A further argument against the Movement Theory is that it does not conform to well-known restrictions on movement. Now, the fact that RNR behaves differently from leftward movement is not in itself ...
Katharina Hartmann, 2000
9
Information Highlighting in Advanced Learner English: The ...
Evidently, that-, to- andfor...to-clauses prefer extraposition, wh-clauses show no clear preference, while -ing-clauses strongly disprefer extraposition. Ward, Birner and Huddleston (2002: 1403ff.) show that the (in-)felicity of non-extraposed ...
Marcus Callies, 2009
10
Functional Constraints in Grammar: On the ...
Compare, however, each of (39a,b) (repeated below) with each of the corresponding sentences without Extraposition, given below: (41) a. [A man with malignant tumors] died. b. [A man] died [with malignant tumors]. (= (39a)) (42) a. [ A man ...
Susumu Kuno, Ken?ichi Takami, 2004

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Extraposition [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/extraposition>. Apr 2024 ».
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