syntagmatic (redirected from syntagmatics)

syn·tag·mat·ic  (sntg-mtk)

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.

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[French syntagmatique, from Greek suntagmatikos, arranged, put in order, from suntagma, suntagmat-, arrangement, syntactic unit; see syntagma.]

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Adj.

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syntagmatic - related as members of a syntagma; "syntagmatic word associations" paradigmatic - related as members of a substitution class; "paradigmatic word associations"