In linguistics, balancing and deranking are terms used to describe the form of verbs used in various types of subordinate clauses and also sometimes in co-ordinate constructions.
Languages with deranking far down (rightward) on the hierarchy are most typically those with extensive nominal case systems.
If relations of core noun phrases are marked only on the verb, it is less uneconomic to express them in a dependent clause.
The distribution of balancing and deranking in languages that do not belong to one of the two polar types briefly discussed in the previous page[clarification needed] follows a definite hierarchy.
Relations that are temporal and imply that the dependent event takes place within a particular time reference relative to the main event favour verb forms that are unmarked for tense or aspect for the same reason.