syntactics


syn·tac·tics

noun pl but singular or pl in constr \-tiks\

Definition of SYNTACTICS

: a branch of semiotics that deals with the formal relations between signs or expressions in abstraction from their signification and their interpreters

First Known Use of SYNTACTICS

1937

Rhymes with SYNTACTICS

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