clauseperiphery
Clauseperiphery is a term used in linguistics to refer to the boundary region around a clause where elements that influence information structure, discourse, and syntactic arrangement tend to occur. In many theoretical accounts, this region is divided into a left periphery and a right periphery, corresponding to the edges of the clause from the perspective of syntax and discourse. The concept helps describe how certain words and phrases attach to the clause’s edges rather than within its core hierarchical structure.
The left periphery typically houses elements related to discourse and information structure, such as topic markers,
The right periphery contains material attached to the end of the clause, including sentence-final adverbs, discourse
Across languages and theories, the exact structure and limits of clauseperiphery vary, but the general idea