Syntactic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /sɪnˈtæktɪk/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Syntactic is an adjective meaning Of, related to or connected with syntax.
Meaning
Of, related to or connected with syntax.
More Meanings
- Containing morphemes that are combined in the same order as they would be if they were separate words e.g. greenfinch
Example Sentences
The sentence “I saw he” contains a syntactic mistake.
the rules specifying how agglutinative morphemes are combined with each other are more syntactic than morphological by their nature and thus are closer to rules specifying how word-forms are combined with each other.
Synonyms for syntactic
Depending on context, synonyms include syntactical.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include syntactical, syntax, grammatical, syntagmatic, morphosyntactic, morphological.
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