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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=syntax">syntax</a>, <b>shifting</b> occurs when two or more <a href="page.php?w=constituent_%28linguistics%29">constituents</a> appearing on the same side of their common <a href="page.php?w=head_%28linguistics%29">head</a> exchange positions in a sense to obtain non-canonical order. The most widely acknowledged type of shifting is <a href="page.php?w=heavy_NP_shift">heavy NP shift</a>, but shifting involving a heavy NP is just one manifestation of the shifting mechanism. Shifting occurs in most if not all European languages,</p><p>
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