presubject

See also: pre-subject

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

pre- +‎ subject

Adjective

presubject (not comparable)

  1. (grammar, of a part of speech) Occurring before the subject in a sentence or expression.
    Antonym: postsubject
    • 2009, Representational Systems and Practices as Learning Tools, page 274:
      Presubject elements may be conjunctions, prepositional groups, nonfinite clauses, or whole dependent clauses that precede the grammatical subject of the main clause.
    • 2010, Isabelle Brill, Clause Linking and Clause Hierarchy: Syntax and Pragmatics:
      Tense/aspect/mood (tam) particles furnish a broad range of conjugation patterns (i.e. patterns in which verb stem can appear) and can be subdivided into two positional classes of preverbal and presubject particles.
    • 2013, Eugene A. Nida, A Synopsis of English Syntax:
      These may occur in presubject position, prepredicate position, within the verb phrase, preceding equated attributives, and final to the clause.
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