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Sentences with CIRCUMPOSITIONS

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Sentences

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"In linguistics, circumpositions are a type of adposition."
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"Certain languages use circumpositions instead of prepositions or postpositions."
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"One example of a language that uses circumpositions is Greenlandic."
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"Some languages have specific circumpositions for expressing temporal meanings."
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"A few examples of circumpositions in English include 'because of', 'by means of', and 'in spite of'."
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"Languages with circumpositions may have different word orders compared to those with prepositions or postpositions."
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"Linguists study the distribution and usage of circumpositions in different languages."
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