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syntactics

[sin-tak-tiks]

noun

(used with a singular verb)

  1. the branch of semiotics dealing with the formal properties of languages and systems of symbols.

syntactics

/ ɪˈæɪ /

noun

  1. (functioning as singular) the branch of semiotics that deals with the formal properties of symbol systems; proof theory

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Word History and Origins

Origin of syntactics1

First recorded in 1820–30; syntactic, -ics

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