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syntagmatic

syntagmatic

9.9
How words or parts of a sentence join together
  • adjective
  • /sɪnˈtæɡmətɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : sintagmático
  • In linguistics, syntagmatic relations describe how words combine to form sentences.
  • syntagmatic chain
  • syntagmatic principle
  • syntagmatic responses

Examples

  • The syntagmatic choices of vocabulary impact the overall meaning of a text.

  • When analyzing language, it's essential to consider both syntagmatic structures and paradigmatic variations.

  • At the same time, syntagmatic associations stayed relatively stable over trials.

    Academic text (2012)
  • An artist, in creating his work, makes paradigmatic choices and sends them along the syntagmatic line of presentation.

    Academic text (1996)
  • In the first elicitation, children produced a comparable number of paradigmatic and syntagmatic responses.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Through the action of offering, Haya invokes another syntagmatic chain in the transcendent domain.

    Academic text (1990)
  • In other terms, Claudel implies that Eastern epistemology emphasizes instead the syntagmatic side of language and communication.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The syntagmatic process, charged with feeling and loaded with associations, rhythmically activates responses in the writer and reader.

    Academic text (2003)
  • In the following analysis, paradigmatic and syntagmatic principles are utilized to elucidate the logic of reciprocity.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Banana beer that is utilized as a prestation may be viewed as symbolizing the syntagmatic chain of levels of altered consciousness described previously.

    Academic text (1990)

Synonyms

syntactic
vssyntagmatic
  • Specialized
3 7.0

Relating to the order of words and groups of words in a sentence

is broader, covering relations of elements in any ordered sequence
syntactical
vssyntagmatic
  • Specialized
1 7.6

Relating to the rules that tell how words make sentences in a language

is about element relationships in sequences rather than rule compliance

Antonyms

paradigmatic
  • Specialized
9.9

Words that can replace each other in the same sentence position

How Ordered

systematic
66 4.6
syntagmatic
  • Specialized
9.9
semistructured
  • Specialized
6.9
random
527 3.4

Surface Forms

syntagmatic positive

Morphology

syntagmatic = syntagm (transparent) = syntagm + atic

A regular adjective formed from the noun 'syntagm' by adding the productive adjectival suffix '-atic', yielding 'relating to syntagms'.

Etymology

Syntagmatic comes from Greek parts syn- meaning 'together' and tagma meaning 'an arranged group', and it shares the same idea as the word syntax, which is about how words are put together. So something syntagmatic is about the order and relationships of items in a list.