participial
adjective
languagespecializeduk/ˌpɑː.tɪˈsɪp.i.əl/us/ˌpɑːr.t̬ɪˈsɪp.i.əl/involvingorrelatingtoparticiples(=formsofverbsthat inEnglishusually end in "ed" or "ing" and are used asadjectives):
Thesyntacticanalysisrevolvesaround thestudyofadverbialand participialstructures.
- Shewroteanessayon the participialpassiveinRussian.
- I wastaughtto makesurethe participial phrase does notdangle.
- Intensifying -lyadverbstendtooccurwithverbaland participialheads.
- InFinnish, nominals and participialformsofverbsareinflectedwith thehelpof fifteencases.
Linguistics: grammatical terms
- ablative
- apposition
- appositive
- appositively
- attributively
- concord
- countable
- demonstrative
- feminine
- intensifier
- nominative
- particle
- premodifier
- regularity
- singular
- stative
- syntactic
- syntactically
- syntax
- uncountable