postposition (n.) (P)

A term used in the grammatical classification of WORDS, referring to the CLOSED set of items which follow NOUN phrases (or single nouns or PRONOUNS) to form a single CONSTITUENT of structure. The analogous construction in English involves PREPOSITIONS. Many languages make regular use of postposed items, e.g. Japanese, Hindi. The word ago (e.g. two years ago) is also sometimes classified as a postposition.