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phrase structure
noun
, Linguistics.
- the hierarchical arrangement of the constituent words and phrases of a sentence.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of phrase structure1
First recorded in 1955–60
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Example Sentences
These two principles, simplicity and continuity, apply concretely to sentence and phrase structure as well.
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