Word Grabber For Syntax

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  1. natural language
    a human written or spoken language used by a community
    In linguistics, syntax (from Ancient Greek σύνταξις "arrangement" from σύν syn, "together", and τάξις táxis, "an ordering") is the study of the principles and rules for constructing sentences in natural languages.
  2. syntax
    the study of the rules for forming admissible sentences
    In linguistics, syntax (from Ancient Greek σύνταξις "arrangement" from σύν syn, "together", and τάξις táxis, "an ordering") is the study of the principles and rules for constructing sentences in natural languages.
  3. sentence structure
    the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
    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."
  4. linguistics
    the scientific study of language
    In linguistics, syntax (from Ancient Greek σύνταξις "arrangement" from σύν syn, "together", and τάξις táxis, "an ordering") is the study of the principles and rules for constructing sentences in natural languages.
  5. taxis
    a locomotor response toward or away from an external stimulus by a motile (and usually simple) organism
    In linguistics, syntax (from Ancient Greek σύνταξις "arrangement" from σύν syn, "together", and τάξις táxis, "an ordering") is the study of the principles and rules for constructing sentences in natural languages.
  6. logic
    the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference
    The term syntax is also used to refer to the rules governing the behavior of mathematical systems, such as logic, artificial formal languages, and computer programming languages.
  7. principle
    a basic generalization that is accepted as true
    In linguistics, syntax (from Ancient Greek σύνταξις "arrangement" from σύν syn, "together", and τάξις táxis, "an ordering") is the study of the principles and rules for constructing sentences in natural languages.
Created on Fri Feb 11 17:38:41 EST 2011

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