 ##  [End‑Weight Principle](/end-weight-principle) 

  ##  [End‑Weight Principle](https://humanitites.quantumdictionary.io/end-weight-principle-0) 

  
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**Humanities &amp; Arts Dictionary**

 
Definition

A production and processing tendency for heavier, longer, or syntactically more complex constituents to appear later in a linear sequence (often sentence‑final), thereby distributing processing load, clarifying prosodic phrasing, and improving comprehensibility.