Prepositional Phrase (definition)

The syntactic element that consists of a preposition (which expresses spatial relation or indicates syntactic functions or semantic roles) and a noun phrase complement.

See Also

• Preposition (definition)
• Phrase (definition)

External Links

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• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preposition_and_postposition
• http://suppes-corpus.stanford.edu/article.html?id=403

References

• Carnie, A. (2013) Syntax: A Generative Introduction. 3rd Edition. Wiley Blackwell.
• Crystal, D. (2008) Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th Edition. Wiley-Blackwell.
• Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.