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extraposition

[ek-struh-puh-zish-uhn]

noun

Linguistics.

  1. a rule of transformational grammar that shifts a subordinate or modifying clause to the end of a sentence, as in changing That you sign the paper is necessary to It is necessary that you sign the paper.

extraposition

/ ˌɛٰəəˈɪʃə /

noun

  1. placement of something outside something else

  2. transformational grammar a rule that moves embedded clauses out to the end of the main clause, converting, for example, A man who will help has just arrived into A man has just arrived who will help

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of extraposition1

1925–30; extra- + position; apparently coined by Otto Jespersen

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