When in the United States, you say "I will stand up here" rather than "Up here I will stand," you are illustrating what concept in the theory of Coordinated Management of Meaning?

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The order of the words in a sentence follows the syntactic rules of a language. In English, the standard structure is subject-verb-object, and adverbs typically come before or after the verb. Saying "I will stand up here" follows this rule, whereas "Up here I will stand" does not.

When in the United States, You Say "I Will Stand