syntactician

1 9.9

A person who studies how sentences are put together in a language

noun
/sɪnˈtæktɪʃən/

Specialized

: sintactista

As a renowned syntactician, he published several influential papers on grammar and syntax.

Examples

Upon completion of his Ph.D., Hj joined the linguistics faculty at MIT as a syntactician.

Academic text (2006)
After years of research, the syntactician presented her findings on sentence structure at the conference.
The syntactician analyzed the complex rules that govern how words are arranged in sentences.

Synonyms

linguist

vssyntactician

Specialized

24 4.2

A person who studies language and how it works

focuses specifically on sentence structure and formal syntax within language

grammarian

vssyntactician

2 7.4

A person who studies or teaches the rules of a language and how to make sentences

focuses on scientific analysis of sentence structure rather than teaching duties

linguistic scientist

vssyntactician

1 6.3

A person who studies language to understand how it works

concentrates on formal sentence structure research rather than general language science

Surface Forms

syntactician singular

syntacticians plural

Morphology

syntactician = syntactic (transparent) = syntax + ic + ian

The noun is a regular agentive formation from the adjective 'syntactic' with the productive suffix '-ian', so the meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

The word syntactician comes from syntax, from Greek parts syn- 'together' and taxis 'arrangement'. A syntactician is a 'specialist' who studies how words are put together and arranged in sentences, and the ending -ician is the same as in musician or physician, showing that meaning.