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<p>New page: The term &#039;&#039;&#039;relational noun&#039;&#039;&#039; is often used for nouns with relational meanings such as &#039;front&#039;, &#039;back&#039;, &#039;inside&#039;, &#039;cause&#039; which express participant roles and correspond to <a href="/index.php/Adposition" title="Adposition">adpositions</a>...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>The term '''relational noun''' is often used for nouns with relational meanings such as 'front', 'back', 'inside', 'cause' which express participant roles and correspond to [[adposition]]s and [[case]]s in other languages. Often the boundary between relational nouns and [[adposition]]s is difficult to draw.<br /> <br /> ===Synonyms===<br /> * [[relator noun]]<br /> <br /> ===Origin===<br /> The term has long been used in Mesoamerican (Mayan and Uto-Aztecan) linguistics, but its precise origin is unclear.<br /> <br /> :::*''&quot;The term ''relational noun'' comes from Mayan grammatical theory and refers to a set of obligatorily possessed noun stems which denote grammatical or thematic relations. The nominal which actually bears the relation functions as genitive of the relational noun.&quot;'' (Aissen 1987:11)<br /> <br /> ===Reference===<br /> *Aissen, Judith L. 1987. ''Tzotzil clause structure.'' Dordrecht: Reidel.<br /> <br /> {{dc}}<br /> [[Category:Syntax]]<br /> [[Category:Part of speech|Noun, Relational]]</div>

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