phrase structure
nounLinguistics.
the hierarchical arrangement of the constituent words and phrases of a sentence.
Origin of phrase structure
1First recorded in 1955–60
- Also called constituent structure.
Words Nearby phrase structure
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How to use phrase structure in a sentence
These two principles, simplicity and continuity, apply concretely to sentence and phrase structure as well.
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