Apposition

A. is a special kind of attributive relation between noun phrases (appositives) which denote the same person or thing: a person or thing referred to by one appositive is characterized or explained by the other appositive which gives the person or thing another name: J.Smith, the Dean, wil…; the word “grammar”.

Kinds of A:

1. A non-detached, close or restrictive A. Here the appositive noun phrases constitute a single semantic unit and are not separated by punctuation: My friend Gregory. Most often a.word-groups comprise the name of a person functioning as a head-word and a noun denoting a title, rank, profession, kinship or a geographical name: Pr.Jones, Captain Brown, Aunt Polly, President Putin, the River Thames. In set combinations like William the Conqueror, Richard the Lion Heart the modifying appositive follows the word.
2. A detached (non-restrictive) or loose appositive is not so closely connected with the head-word and is separated by commas. It gives some additional information about the person or thing denoted by the head-word, carrying some explanation or identification: He was in grey, his favourite colour. A d.a. usually follows the head-word, although it does not always come immediately after it: She was taller than her brother, a slim, pretty girl.

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