the laws of order are those regularities that govern changes in meaning when order changes. "order is used differently in different languages and cultures. while order is of major importance on the sentence level in english, this is not the case in some languages.
order also has great importance in other parts of cultural systems besides language: order of birth, order of arrival, order in line to get tickets. order applies to the courses of a meal. consider what it would be like to start dinner with dessert, switch to potatoes, hors d'oeuvre,*coffee,salad,and end with meat!