Extraposition
Definition:
Extrapostion is the process or result of moving an element from its normal place to a place at the end or near to the end of a sentence.
Examples:
The plumber arrived who we had called earlier. (who we had called earlier has been extraposed from its normal position after plumber.)
Source:
This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library. Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003.