different between postposition vs circumposition

English

Etymology

post- +? position

Noun

postposition (plural postpositions)

1. (grammar) A word that has the same purpose as a preposition but comes after the noun.
2. The act of placing after, or the state of being placed after.
   • 1643, Joseph Mede, Daniel's Weeks

     the postposition of the nominative case to the verb

Synonyms

• postpositive preposition

Antonyms

• preposition

Hypernyms

• adposition

Derived terms

• postpositional

Related terms

• postposed
• postpositive

Translations

See also

• coverb
• preverb

Finnish

Noun

postposition

1. Genitive singular form of postpositio.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?st.po.zi.sj??/

Noun

postposition f (plural postpositions)

1. (grammar) postposition.

Further reading

• “postposition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

circum- +? position. From Latin circumpositio, from circump?no (“I put round”).

Noun

circumposition (countable and uncountable, plural circumpositions)

1. (chiefly technical) The act of positioning something around something else; or the state of being so positioned
2. (linguistics) A pair of adpositions that occur on either side of the complement
3. The act of circumposing.

Derived terms

• circumpositional

Related terms

• adposition
• ambiposition
• circumpose
• infraposition
• interposition
• intraposition
• postposition
• preposition
• superposition

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “circumposition”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN