"extraposition" meaning in English

See extraposition in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: extrapositions [plural]
Etymology: From extra- + position. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|extra|position}} extra- + position Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} extraposition (countable and uncountable, plural extrapositions)
  1. (linguistics) The movement of an element from its normal place to one at the end, or near the end, of a sentence. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics

Inflected forms

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