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syntagmatic

(sin′tag mat′ik)

adjective

of or relating to the sequential syntactic relationship between units in a linguistic structure

See syntagmatic in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Of or relating to the relationship between linguistic units in a construction or sequence, as between the (n) and adjacent sounds in not, ant, and ton. The identity of a linguistic unit within a language is described by a combination of its syntagmatic and its paradigmatic relations.

Origin:

Origin: French syntagmatique

Origin: , from Greek suntagmatikos, arranged, put in order

Origin: , from suntagma, suntagmat-, arrangement, syntactic unit; see syntagma

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