syntactics

[sin-tak-tiks]

syn·tac·tics

[sin-tak-tiks]
noun (used with a singular verb) Linguistics.
the branch of semiotics dealing with the formal properties of languages and systems of symbols.
Also called logical syntax.


Origin:
1820–30; see syntactic, -ics
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Syntactics is always a great word to know.
So is generative phonology. Does it mean:
a sequence of phonemes constituting a minimal unit of grammar or syntax, and, as such, a representation, member, or contextual variant of a morpheme in a specific environment
a theory of phonology that uses a set of rules to derive phonetic representations from abstract underlying forms
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syntactics (sɪnˈtæktɪks)
 
n
(functioning as singular) the branch of semiotics that deals with the formal properties of symbol systems; proof theory

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