Syntax: Linguistic field that studies the inner structure of sentences
In linguistics, syntax is the study of the rules that govern the structure of sentences.
The term syntax can also be used to refer to these rules themselves, as in “the syntax of a language”. Modern research in syntax attempts to describe languages in terms of such rules, and, for many practitioners, to find general rules that apply to all languages.
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Syntactic terms
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References
- Concise Encyclopedia of Syntactic Theories. New York: Elsevier Science. 1996. ISBN 0-08-042711-1.
- Syntax. Critical Concepts in Linguistics. New York: Routledge. 2006. ISBN 0-415-24672-5.
- Graffi, Giorgio (2001). 200 Years of Syntax. A Critical Survey. Studies in the History of the Language Sciences 98. Amsterdam: Benjamins. ISBN 90-272-4587-8.
Other websites
- The syntax of natural language (Beatrice Santorini & Anthony Kroch, University of Pennsylvania)
- Learn Programming Language Syntax Archived 2007-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
- Various syntactic constructs used in computer programming languages Archived 2008-05-10 at the Wayback Machine
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