syntactic — relating to syntax, the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language
Part of speech: ADJECTIVE
Definition: relating to syntax, the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language
Pronunciation (IPA): /sɪnˈtæktɪk/
Korean meaning: 통사론의, 구문의 (문장에서 단어와 구의 배열에 관한)
Korean pronunciation: 신**택**틱
Example Sentences
- The professor's syntactic theories were so complicated that even his pet parrot started speaking in grammatically incorrect sentences.
- Children acquire syntactic knowledge naturally without formal grammar instruction.
- The AI program struggled with syntactic ambiguity in the sentence 'I saw the man with the telescope.'
syntactic
ADJECTIVE//sɪnˈtæktɪk//
relating to syntax, the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language
통사론의, 구문의 (문장에서 단어와 구의 배열에 관한)
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Origin
From Greek 'syntaxis' meaning 'arrangement together' or 'orderly arrangement.' The term was adopted into linguistics to describe the rules governing how words are properly arranged in sentences.
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“The professor's syntactic theories were so complicated that even his pet parrot started speaking in grammatically incorrect sentences.”
“Children acquire syntactic knowledge naturally without formal grammar instruction.”
“The AI program struggled with syntactic ambiguity in the sentence 'I saw the man with the telescope.'”
“His syntactic mistakes were so creative that linguists started studying them as a new dialect.”
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