presubject
adjEtymology From pre- + subject.
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Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Of a part of speech Occurring before the subject in a sentence or expression.
- Presubject elements may be conjunctions, prepositional groups, nonfinite clauses, or whole dependent clauses that precede the grammatical subject of the main clause.2009, Representational Systems and Practices as Learning Tools, page 274:
- 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.2010, Isabelle Brill, Clause Linking and Clause Hierarchy: Syntax and Pragmatics:
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- These may occur in presubject position, prepredicate position, within the verb phrase, preceding equated attributives, and final to the clause.2013, Eugene A. Nida, A Synopsis of English Syntax: