syntax

Noun
  1. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences (synset 106185823)
    referred to in: linguistics - the scientific study of language
    is a type of: structure - the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations
    same as: phrase structure, sentence structure
  2. A systematic orderly arrangement (synset 108453213)
    is a type of: scheme, system - a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
  3. Studies of the rules for forming admissible sentences (synset 106186038)
    referred to in: linguistics - the scientific study of language
    is a type of: grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
    subtypes: generative grammar - (linguistics) a type of grammar that describes syntax in terms of a set of logical rules that can generate all and only the infinite number of grammatical sentences in a language and assigns them all the correct structural description

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