SFG postulates a " rank scale ", in which the highest unit is the clause and the lowest is the morpheme : coming from the largest unit down, we can divide the parts of a clause into groups and phrases; and coming from the smallest units up, we can group morphemes into words.
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In modern-day " Bundeswehr " usage, the German rank of " Unteroffizier " is classified as OR-5 within the combined NATO-standard rank scale and is considered to be more a US sergeant rank than that of a corporal, with " Oberstabsgefreiter " and " Stabsgefreiter " now considered the equivalent ranks to the corporal ( OR-4 ).
