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/sin tak"tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) Ling.the branch of semiotics dealing with the formal properties of languages and systems of symbols. Also called logical syntax.[1820-30; see SYNTACTIC, -ICS]
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syntactics — [sin tak′tiks] n. the branch of semiotics dealing with the formal interrelationships of signs and symbols apart from their users or external reference … English World dictionary
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syntactics — n. branch of semiotics that studies the formal properties of signs and symbols … English contemporary dictionary
syntactics — syn·tac·tics … English syllables
syntactics — Синтаксис … Вестминстерский словарь теологических терминов
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syntactics — sə̇nˈtaktiks, aktēks noun plural but singular or plural in construction : a theory that deals with the formal relations between signs or expressions in abstraction from their signification and their interpreters compare pragmatics, semiotic * * * … Useful english dictionary
Syntactic hierarchy — Syntactics, or syntax, is concerned with the way sentences are constructed from smaller parts, such as words and phrases. Two steps can be distinguished in the study of syntactics. The first step is to identify different types of units in the… … Wikipedia
