phrase structure


nounLinguistics.
  1. the hierarchical arrangement of the constituent words and phrases of a sentence.

Origin of phrase structure

1
First recorded in 1955–60

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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