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.
In generative grammar, extraposition explains the phenomenon where an element moves to the end of a sentence.
In extraposition, an element of a sentence is moved toward the end.
変形 is a general term for 'transformation' in linguistics, while 外置変形 specifically refers to the extraposition transformation.
外置 is the noun form meaning 'extraposition' itself; 外置変形 emphasizes the transformational aspect.
Compound of 外置 (がいち, 'extraposition') and 変形 (へんけい, 'transformation'), a calque from English 'extraposition transformation' used in generative grammar.