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phrase structure

American

noun

Linguistics.

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

Etymology

Origin of phrase structure

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

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These two principles, simplicity and continuity, apply concretely to sentence and phrase structure as well.

From Here and Now Story Book Two- to seven-year-olds by Van Loon, Hendrik Willem

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