In French, the Phrase "Haven't the Police Found You Yet

Multiple Choice

In French, the phrase "haven't the police found you yet?" is written "la police, ne t'a pas encore trouvé?" Since French speakers arrange words differently from English speakers, the literal translation is "the police, not you have yet found?" In other words, French and English speakers use different rules, called ________________, to govern word order.

A) morphemes
B) phonemes
C) syntax
D) displacement
E) semantics