SYNTAX


Meaning of SYNTAX in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsin-ˌtaks ]

noun

Etymology: Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French sintaxe, from Late Latin syntaxis, from Greek, from syntassein to arrange together, from syn- + tassein to arrange

Date: 1574

1.

a. : the way in which linguistic elements (as words) are put together to form constituents (as phrases or clauses)

b. : the part of grammar dealing with this

2. : a connected or orderly system : harmonious arrangement of parts or elements

the syntax of classical architecture

3. : syntactics especially as dealing with the formal properties of languages or calculi

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.