Syntactician
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌsɪntækˈtɪʃən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Syntactician is a noun meaning One who studies syntax; especially, a linguist who does so expertly.
Meaning
One who studies syntax; especially, a linguist who does so expertly.
Example Sentences
Thus, Jackendoff's analysis of Aspectual Auxiliaries as Specifiers which expand V-bar into V-double-bar seems to have some empirical support (though we should point out that by no means all X-bar syntacticians are happy to treat Aspectuals as Specifiers which expand V-bar into V-double-bar: some prefer to treat them as Verbs which head their own VP, for reasons which you can work out for yourself when you come to Exercise VII).
Word Forms
- syntacticians
Synonyms for syntactician
Depending on context, synonyms include syntacticist, grammarian.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include grammarian, tactician, synthesist, synthetist, parser, rhetorician.
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