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Encyclopedia > Prepositional phrase

A prepositional phrase (PP) is a linguistic term for a phrase whose head is a preposition. The term is used in syntax. For example: Linguistics is the scientific study of human language, and someone who engages in this study is called a linguist. ... A phrase is a group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence. ... In linguistics, the head is the main part of a compound or phrase. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with adposition. ... Syntax, originating from the Greek words συν (syn, meaning co- or together) and τάξις (táxis, meaning sequence, order, arrangement), can in linguistics be described as the study of the rules, or patterned relations that govern the way the words in a sentence come together. ...

  • To the house
  • From the store
  • Under the fence

In languages with postpositions, such as Basque, Finnish and Japanese, the morpheme that corresponds to an English preposition occurs after its complement. They could therefore instead be referred to as postpositional phrases. Adposition is a common term for both prepositions and postpositions. Hence, a common term for both prepositional and postpositional phrases are adpositional phrases. A postposition is a type of adposition, a grammatical particle that expresses some sort of relationship between a noun phrase (its object) and another part of the sentence; an adpositional phrase functions as an adjective or adverb. ... Basque (in Basque: Euskara) is the language spoken by the Basque people who inhabit the Pyrenees in North-Central Spain and the adjoining region of South-Western France. ... In Morpheme-based morphology, a morpheme is the smallest language unit that carries a semantic interpretation. ... A complement is a phrase that fits a particular slot in the syntax requirements of a parent phrase. ... A postpositional phrase is a linguistic term for a phrase whose head is a postposition. ... An adposition is a term in grammar used for a wide variety of particles and affixes which are attached to a noun phrase to modify it or to show its relation to another concept or situation in the same clause. ... An adpositional phrase is a linguistic term for a phrase with an adposition - a preposition or a postposition - as head. ...


Prepositional phrases generally act as complements and adjuncts of noun phrases and verb phrases. For example: The following is about the linguistics term; adjunct is also a conjunct disjunct adverbial Categories: Linguistics stubs ... In linguistics, a noun phrase is a phrase whose Head is a noun. ... A verb phrase (VP) is a phrase whose head is a verb. ...

  • The cat from China was ill. (Adjunct of a noun phrase)
  • She ran under him. (Adjunct of a verb phrase)
  • He gave money to the cause. (Oblique complement of a verb phrase)
  • A student of physics. (Complement of a noun phrase)
  • She argued with him. (Complement of a verb phrase)

A prepositional phrase should not be confused with the object of a phrasal verb, as in turn on the light. Though they appear superficially similar, they are syntactically distinct constructions. Oblique can mean one of several things: In linguistics, oblique case. ... The accusative case of a noun is the grammatical case used to mark the direct object of a verb. ... In the English language, a phrasal verb is a verb combined with a preposition, an adverb, or an adverbial particle, all three of which are uninflected. ...


1. Prepositional "to" as used here is semantically and syntactically different from "to" used as a verbal auxiliary in English infinitival constructions (see also infinitive). In linguistics, an auxiliary or helping verb is a verb whose function it is to give further semantic information about the main or full verb which follows it. ... In grammar, the infinitive is the form of a verb that has no inflection to indicate person, number, mood or tense. ...


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PP A phrase that consists of a preposition and its object and has adjectival or adverbial value, such as in the house in the people in the house or by him in...
Of or relating to an affix or construction, such as a prepositional phrase, characteristic of the genitive case.
...phrase is a conjoined noun phrase, like ball techniques and tactics, or when it includes a prepositional phrase, like ball techniques in soccer, the chances of verblessness...
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A preposition is a word (or group of words) that shows the relation of a noun or pronoun to some other word in a sentence.
The noun or pronoun at the end of the prepositional phrase is the object of the preposition.
However, regardless of where you choose to place the prepositional phrase, be sure to place it as close as possible to the word it modifies; otherwise, your sentence may be confusing.
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