Sequence

序列

An application of the general sense of this term in linguistics and phonetics, referring to the observable succession of units in an utterance or text. This sequence may be linear, where the dependencies are made between successive, adjacent units, but it may involve non-linear relationships, as in agreement between words which are separated by others structures. The structure of linguistic sequences constitutes the province of syntagmatic analysis. The term is often distinguished from the more abstract notion of order.

按其一般涵义用于语音学和语言学，指一个话段或篇章内各单位可观察到的前后接续。这种序列可以是线性的，即依存关系存在于邻接单位的相继性，但也可以涉及非线性关系，例如被其他结构分开的词与词之间的一致关系。语言序列的结构属于组合关系分析的范围，序列常与较抽象的序次相对而言。