Syntax
In linguistics, syntax[a] is the study of the rules that govern the structure of sentences.
The term syntax can also be used to refer to these rules themselves, as in “the syntax of a language”. Modern research in syntax attempts to describe languages in terms of such rules, and, for many practitioners, to find general rules that apply to all languages.
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Syntactic terms
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Notes
- ↑ from Ancient Greek συν- syn-, “together”, and τάξις táxis, “arrangement”
References
- Concise Encyclopedia of Syntactic Theories. New York: Elsevier Science. 1996. ISBN 0-08-042711-1.
- Syntax. Critical Concepts in Linguistics. New York: Routledge. 2006. ISBN 0-415-24672-5.
- Graffi, Giorgio (2001). 200 Years of Syntax. A Critical Survey. Studies in the History of the Language Sciences 98. Amsterdam: Benjamins. ISBN 90-272-4587-8.
Other websites
- The syntax of natural language (Beatrice Santorini & Anthony Kroch, University of Pennsylvania)
- Learn Programming Language Syntax
- Various syntactic constructs used in computer programming languages