Syntagmatic Definition

sĭntăg-mătĭk
adjective
Of or relating to the sequential syntactic relationship between units in a linguistic structure.
Webster's New World

Of or pertaining to a syntagma.

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Origin of Syntagmatic

  • French syntagmatique from Greek suntagmatikos arranged, put in order from suntagma suntagmat- arrangement, syntactic unit syntagma

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Syntagmatic Sentence Examples

  • This temporal, sequential aspect of the sentence 's component elements (sometimes called their syntagmatic relation) is crucial.

  • Identify and describe syntagmatic structures in the text which take forms such as narrative, argument or montage.

  • Metonymy, he announced, refers to the combination of linguistic units on the horizontal or syntagmatic axis.

  • The syntagmatic dimension is the juxtaposition of different elements at the same time in a complete ensemble from hat to shoes.

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Words Starting With

SSYSYN

Words Ending With

CICTIC

Unscrambles

syntagmatic

Words Starting With S and Ending With C

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11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With S11 Letter Words Ending With C