syn·tag·mat·ic (s n t g-mt k)adj. 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. [French syntagmatique, from Greek suntagmatikos, arranged, put in order, from suntagma, suntagmat-, arrangement, syntactic unit; see syntagma.] |
syntagmatic [ˌsɪntægˈmætɪk]
adj
1. (Linguistics) of or denoting a syntagma
2. (Linguistics) Also syntagmic [sɪnˈtægmɪk] Linguistics denoting or concerning the relationship between a word and other members of a syntactic unit containing it
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| Adj. | 1. | syntagmatic - related as members of a syntagma; "syntagmatic word associations" paradigmatic - related as members of a substitution class; "paradigmatic word associations" |
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