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syntagmatic
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related to the way words or elements are ordered in a sentence to create meaning
Example
"She sang beautifully in the choir" demonstrates syntagmatic structure with verb-adverb-prepositional phrase.
"She quickly ate her lunch" demonstrates syntagmatic structure with subject-verb-object.
"The cat chased the mouse" illustrates a syntagmatic relationship between the subject and the action.
"He walked slowly along the path" exhibits syntagmatic order with adverb-verb-noun.
