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syntactics
syn·tac·tics
/
sɪnˈtæk
tɪks
/
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[
sin-
tak
-tiks
]
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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
(sɪnˈtæktɪks)
—
n
(
functioning as singular
) the branch of semiotics that deals with the formal properties of symbol systems; proof theory
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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