Definition
An adposition is a cover term for prepositions and postpositions. It is a member of a closed set of items that:
- occur before or after a complement composed of a noun phrase, noun, pronoun, or clause that functions as a noun phrase, and
- form a single structure with the complement to express its grammatical and semantic relation to another unit within a clause.
Examples
(English)
- He went to the races.
- He promised to help with whatever was the matter.
Kinds
More specific concepts within adposition.
Sources 5
- Comrie 1989, 91
- Crystal 1980, 277, 282
- Hartmann and Stork 1972, 181–183
- Mish 1991, 929
- Quirk, Greenbaum, Leech, and Svartvik 1985, 657–659