APPOSITION


Meaning of APPOSITION in English

noun

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Cell movements, for example, may bring tissues in apposition resulting in new interactions leading to further movements.

Criterion B implies that apposition resembles co-ordination in that the units in apposition are constituents of the same level.

However, apposition is distinguished from co-ordination by criterion B, since the conjunction of co-referential elements is unacceptable.

However, he does not explain just how apposition might be accommodated in a theory of discourse.

Indeed, Burton-Roberts suggests that loose apposition extends to the juxtaposition of sentences.

The expression in other words is just one example of a range of expressions which have been classified as apposition markers.

This problem also arises in reformulations which do not involve apposition markers as such.

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