1. of, relating to, or being a postposition (a word or particle that follows the word it modifies, as opposed to a preposition which precedes it)
Usage: linguistics term; used in grammatical analysis of languages such as Japanese, Korean, and Turkish

Examples

• In Japanese, postpositional particles like 'ni' and 'de' follow the noun they modify.
• Turkish uses postpositional markers rather than prepositions to indicate grammatical relationships.
• The linguist explained that postpositional languages arrange modifiers differently from English.
• Many Asian languages employ postpositional structures instead of the prepositional system found in English.
• Understanding postpositional grammar is essential for learning languages like Korean and Mongolian.