Postposition
Postposition
A postposition is an adposition that occurs after its complement.
Japanese
In the following sentence, the words and oga, ni, are postpositions:
- John ga Mary ni hon o yatta
- John NOMINATIVE Mary DATIVE book ACCUSATIVE gave
- ‘John gave Mary a book.’
Page/s: 4-5
Source: Kuno 1973
Kuno, Susumu. 1973.The structure of the Japanese language. Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Page/s: 181
Source: Hartmann and Stork 1972
Hartmann, R.R.K., and F.C. Stork. 1972.Dictionary of language and linguistics. London: Applied Science.
Page/s: 277
Source: Crystal 1980
Crystal, David. 1980.A first dictionary of linguistics and phonetics. Boulder, CO: Westview.
Broader Terms
- BT↑ Adposition
Related terms
- RT⇆ Complement
- ExactMatch: https://glossary.sil.org/term/postposition
