外がい置ち変へん形けい

noun

extraposition

A technical term in generative grammar for a syntactic operation that moves a constituent to the right periphery of a clause, often leaving a trace or pronoun behind. Used in academic linguistics contexts.

• 生せい成せい文ぶん法ぽうでは、外がい置ち変へん形けいによって文ぶん末まつに要よう素そが移い動どうする現げん象しょうを説せつ明めいする。

  In generative grammar, extraposition explains the phenomenon where an element moves to the end of a sentence.

• 英えい語ごの「It is clear that he is right」のような構こう文ぶんは外がい置ち変へん形けいの例れいとしてよく挙あげられる。

  Constructions like English 'It is clear that he is right' are often cited as examples of extraposition.