Time–manner–place

Time–manner–place

Time–manner–place

Grammatical feature of adverb order

For restrictions on freedom of speech in the United States, see Time, place, and manner.

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,[1] Dutch,[2][3] Mandarin, and German[4] use this structure.

An example of this appositional ordering in German is:

Ich

I

fahre

drive

heute

today

mit

with

dem

the

Auto

car

nach

to

München.

Munich.

Ich fahre heute mit dem Auto nach München.

I drive today with the car to Munich.

I'm travelling to Munich by car today.

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

See also

References

  1. [1]
    the STOMPI rule
  2. [2]
    "Dutch Grammar • Manner: how?". www.dutchgrammar.com. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  3. [3]
    "Word order: time, manner and place". Zichtbaar Nederlands. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  4. [4]
    Hyde Flippo. "How to Put German Sentences in the Right Order". ThoughtCo. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
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