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Type of word in some languages
In linguistics, an inflected preposition is a type of word that occurs in some languages, that corresponds to the combination of a preposition and a personal pronoun. For instance, the Welsh word iddo is an inflected form of the preposition i meaning "to/for him"; it would not be grammatically correct to say *i ef. Wikipedia →
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- Read the landmark paper: Inflected prepositions in ItalianCited 16 times
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The Montessori elementary materialMaria Montessori · 1964
A Simplified Grammar of the Swedish LanguageE. C. Otté · 1902- 📕Describing and modeling variation in grammarAndreas Dufter, Jürg Fleischer · 2009
Grammar of the Latin languageHenry John Roby · 2010
Readings in stratificational linguisticsAdam Makkai · 1973- 📕Romance op. 47Ana Castro · 2004
Studies in descriptive German grammarJ. Alan Pfeffer · 1984- 📕Singing in CzechTimothy Cheek · 2015
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