Apposition
Apposition is a grammatical construction in which two elements, normally noun phrases, are placed side by side, with one element serving to identify the other in a different way. The two elements are said to be in apposition. One of the elements is called the appositive, although its identification requires consideration of how the elements are used in a sentence.
For example, in the two sentences below, the phrases Alice Smith and my sister are in apposition, with the appositive identified with italics:
Traditionally, appositions were called by their Latin name appositio, although the English form is now more commonly used. It is derived from Latin: ad ("near") and positio ("placement").
Apposition is a figure of speech of the scheme type, and often results when the verbs (particularly verbs of being) in supporting clauses are eliminated to produce shorter descriptive phrases. This makes them often function as hyperbatons, or figures of disorder, because they can disrupt the flow of a sentence. For example, in the phrase: "My wife, a nurse by training, ...", it is necessary to pause before the parenthetical modification "a nurse by training".
Apposition (disambiguation)
Apposition is the quality of being side-by-side or next to each other, such as in:
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Searching (for A Home)
by: OppositionDo you wake up in the morning
Greet the brand new day
Can you see from your window
The ways of the world
Is ...This really conversation
Or just words that you've heard
There's a lack of understanding
In the things you say.
Searching for a home.
I saw you standing at the frontier
Piece of paper in your hand
Is the view from your window
As small as ...This man's
We try hard at conversation
But the words don't connect
I fear we speak a foreign language
In the western world
Searching for a home.
I saw you standing at the frontier
Feel lost at the frontier
I heard you shout at the frontier