word order
How words sequence
Word order is the arrangement of words in a sentence.
In English, word order carries grammatical meaning—the dog bit the man differs from the man bit the dog only in sequence.
English typically follows subject-verb-object order, though questions and emphasis can rearrange it: Never have I seen such a thing.
Some languages rely more on inflection than position to signal meaning.
- sentenceComplete thought, grammatically
- clauseProvision in agreement
- phraseWords forming partial meaning
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- sentence structureWord arrangement in clauses
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