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The synonyms of “Syntax” are: phrase structure, sentence structure
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “syntax” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| phrase structure | A short musical passage. |
| sentence structure | The period of time a prisoner is imprisoned. |
| abstract | Give an abstract of. Abstract concepts such as love or beauty. |
| alliterate | (of a phrase or line of verse) contain words which begin with the same sound or letter. His first and last names alliterated. |
| alphabet | A set of letters or symbols in a fixed order used to represent the basic set of speech sounds of a language, especially the set of letters from A to Z. A phonetic alphabet. |
| antonym | A word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word in which case the two words are antonyms of each other. To him the antonym of gay was depressed. |
| bewitchment | A magical spell. |
| circumlocution | An indirect way of expressing something. He used a number of poetic circumlocutions. |
| collocation | The action of placing things side by side or in position. The collocation of the two pieces. |
| concordance | Make a concordance of a text. A concordance to the Bible. |
| correction | A drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases. Isotopic ratios are presented normalized to NBS SRM981 using a fractionation correction of 0 101 per a m u. |
| derivative | An arrangement or product (such as a future, option, or warrant) whose value derives from and is dependent on the value of an underlying asset, such as a commodity, currency, or security. Fly tip is a derivative of the phrase on the fly. |
| dictionary | A reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them. I ll look up love in the dictionary. |
| diphthong | A digraph representing the sound of a diphthong or single vowel as in feat. |
| etymology | The study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history. The etymology of the word devil. |
| grammar | A grammar school. My old Latin grammar. |
| grammarian | A linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax. |
| homonym | Two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings. |
| indent | The space left between the margin and the start of an indented line. An indentured servant. |
| indentation | The formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion. An indentation for each change of speaker. |
| lexicon | A language user’s knowledge of words. The size of the English lexicon. |
| litotes | Understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary. Saying I was not a little upset when you mean I was very upset is an example of litotes. |
| morphology | The study of the forms of words, in particular inflected forms. Grammar is organized along two main dimensions morphology and syntax. |
| orthography | A method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols. A spoken language which has as yet no sanctioned orthography. |
| paragraph | Write about in a paragraph. All her friends were paragraphed in last Monday s paper. |
| parse | Analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence. I asked a couple of students to parse these sentences for me. |
| rhetoric | Using language effectively to please or persuade. He is using a common figure of rhetoric hyperbole. |
| sentence | Pronounce a sentence on somebody in a court of law. Slander of an official carried an eight year prison sentence. |
| spelling | The way a word is spelled. The spelling of his name was influenced by French. |
| typo | A typographical error. |
| vocabulary | The body of words used in a particular language. The term became part of business vocabulary. |
| word | A word is a string of bits stored in computer memory. So many words for so few ideas. |
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