apposition
noun[U]
languagespecializeduk/ˌæp.əˈzɪʃ.ən/us/ˌæp.əˈzɪʃ.ən/ingrammar, asituationin which twonounsornounphrasesare used to refer to the samepersonor thing:
同位(关系);同位语In theexpression"mybrotherJoe", "mybrother" and "Joe" areinapposition.在短语my brother Joe中,my brother 和 Joe 是同位语。
Linguistics: grammatical terms
- ablative
- appositive
- appositively
- attributively
- concord
- countable
- dangling participle
- demonstrative
- feminine
- intensifier
- nominative
- particle
- premodifier
- regularity
- singular
- stative
- syntactic
- syntactically
- syntax
- uncountable
Grammar
Apposition
When we use two noun phrases (np) next to each other in a clause, and they refer to the same person or thing, we call this apposition:…