phrasal
English
| Examples ((grammar) consisting of multiple words, but behaving as a single part of speech) |
|---|
|
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɹeɪzəl/
- Rhymes: -eɪzəl
Adjective
phrasal (comparative more phrasal, superlative most phrasal)
- Relating to, or used in the manner of, a phrase.
- (grammar) Consisting of multiple words, but behaving as a single part of speech.
- phrasal preposition
Derived terms
- phrasal adjective
- phrasal adverb
- phrasal noun
- phrasal preposition
- phrasal prepositional verb
- phrasal typology
- phrasal verb
Translations
being a phrase
Noun
phrasal (plural phrasals)
- (grammar) A grammatical construct that consists of multiple words, but behaves as a single part of speech.
- 1985, Dan Isaac Slobin, The Crosslinguistic Study of Language Acquisition, page 105:
- Furthermore, children demonstrated that they understood the mapping by elaborating phrasals to sententials, and reducing sententials to phrasals when imitating.
- A phrasal verb.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.