Syntax
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In linguistics, syntax (from Ancient Greek syn-, "together", and táxis, "arrangement") is the study of the principles and rules for constructing sentences in natural languages. In addition to referring to the discipline, the term syntax is also used to refer directly to the rules and principles that govern the sentence structure of any individual language, as in "the syntax of Modern Irish". Modern research in syntax attempts to describe languages in terms of such rules. Many professionals in this discipline attempt to find general rules that apply to all natural languages. The term syntax is also sometimes used to refer to the rules governing the behavior of mathematical systems, such as logic, artificial formal languages, and computer programming languages.
Syntaxis
Syntaxis is a style in writing or in rhetoric that favors complex syntax, in contrast to the simple sentence structures of parataxis. For example, 19th-century German academic prose, and John Milton's "Paradise Lost" poetry in English are notably syntactic. Syntaxis may – depending on the author – also contrast with, or include, hypotaxis.
See also
- Algebraic syntax
- Grammar
- List of syntactic phenomena
- Musical syntax
- Phrase
- Phrase structure rules
- Simpler Syntax (book)
- Syntax (academic journal)
- Syntactic category
- Syntax (programming languages)
- Usage
- X-bar theory
Syntactic terms
- Adjective
- Adjunct
- Adverb
- Antecedent-contained deletion
- Appositive
- Article
- Aspect
- Auxiliary verb
- Case
- c-command
- Clause
- Closed class word
- Comparative
- Complement
- Compound noun and adjective
- Differential Object Marking
- Conjugation
- Conjunction
- Dangling modifier
- Declension
- Determiner
- Dual (form for two)
- Expletive
- Function word
- Gender
- Gerund
- government and binding theory
- Infinitive
- m-command
- Measure word (classifier)
- Modal particle
- Movement paradox
- Modifier
- Mood
- Nanosyntax
- Noun
- Number
- Object
- Open class word
- Parasitic gap
- Part of speech
- Particle
- Person
- Phrase
- Phrasal verb
- Plural
- Predicate (also verb phrase)
- Predicative (adjectival or nominal)
- Preposition
- Personal pronoun
- Pronoun
- Restrictiveness
- Sandhi
- Sentence (linguistics)
- Singular
- Subject
- Superlative
- Tense
- Uninflected word
- Verb
- Voice
- Wh-movement
- Word order
- Merge