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Syntax

System responsible for combining morphemes into complex structures / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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In linguistics, syntax (/ˈsɪntæks/ SIN-taks)[1][2] is the study of how words and morphemes combine to form larger units such as phrases and sentences. Central concerns of syntax include word order, grammatical relations, hierarchical sentence structure (constituency),[3] agreement, the nature of crosslinguistic variation, and the relationship between form and meaning (semantics). There are numerous approaches to syntax that differ in their central assumptions and goals.

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Major levels of linguistic structure. Syntax is shown encompassed by semantics, and encompassing morphology.