Time–manner–place

In linguistic typology, time–manner–place is a sentence structure that defines the order of adpositional phrases and adverbs in a sentence: "yesterday", "by car", "to the store". Japanese, Afrikaans,the STOMPI rule Dutch, Mandarin, and German use this structure.

An example of this appositional ordering in German is:

The temporal phrase – (when? – "today") – comes first, the manner – (how? – "by car") – is second, and the place – (where? – "to Munich") – is third.

See also Syntax Adverb

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