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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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Main Entry: syn·tac·tics
Pronunciation: -tiks
Function: noun plural but singular or plural in construction
: a branch of semiotic that dealswith the formal relations between signs or expressions in abstraction from their signification and their interpreters
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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