different between phrasal vs prepositional
phrasal
English
Etymology
phrase +? -al
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f?e?z?l/
- Rhymes: -e?z?l
Adjective
phrasal (comparative more phrasal, superlative most phrasal)
- Referring to, or used in the manner of, a phrase.
- (grammar) Consisting of multiple words, but behaving as a single part of speech.
- phrasal preposition
Derived terms
Translations
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prepositional
English
Etymology
From Latin praepositi? (“a setting before, a preposition”), a calque of Ancient Greek ???????? (próthesis, “a setting before, preposition (grammar)”) +? -al
Adjective
prepositional (not comparable)
- Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a preposition.
- Although we have concentrated on Prepositions which take zero Complements, NP Complements, or clausal Complements in our discussion above, there seems no reason in principle to exclude the possibility of Prepositions taking prepositional Complements. And it may well be that items such as those italicised below are Prepositions which subcategorise a PP Complement headed by of:
(80) (a) He stayed at home because [of the strike]
(80) (b) He fell out [of the window]
(80) (c) Few people outside [of the immediate family] know
(80) (d) %It fell off [of the table] (dialectal)
- Although we have concentrated on Prepositions which take zero Complements, NP Complements, or clausal Complements in our discussion above, there seems no reason in principle to exclude the possibility of Prepositions taking prepositional Complements. And it may well be that items such as those italicised below are Prepositions which subcategorise a PP Complement headed by of:
- (grammar) Of the prepositional case.
Derived terms
- prepositional case
- prepositionally
Translations
Noun
prepositional (plural prepositionals)
- (grammar) The prepositional case.
Translations
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