Definition of syntax

syntaxnoun

Cú pháp

/ˈsɪntæks//ˈsɪntæks/

The word syntax, which refers to the rules governing the structure of sentences in a language, derives from a Greek word συνταξις (sin-taks-eeves), meaning "arrangement" or "placement together." This term was first used in the context of grammar by the 19th-century Greek philologist Nikolas Triandaphyllidis, who assigned the term syntaxis to the study of sentence structure in ancient Greek grammar. Triandaphyllidis' idea was later popularized and popularly adopted by scholars of Latin grammar, where it also became widely used to describe rules governing sentence structure in that language. Now, the term syntax is commonly used in numerous linguistic fields, including computational linguistics, psycholinguistics, and historical linguistics, to signify the study of sentence structure and its relationship to the broader patterns of a given language or language family.

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the way that words and phrases are put together to form sentences in a language; the rules of grammar for this

cách các từ và cụm từ được ghép lại với nhau để tạo thành câu trong một ngôn ngữ; các quy tắc ngữ pháp cho việc này

Related words and phrases

the rules that state how words and phrases must be used in a computer language

các quy tắc nêu rõ cách sử dụng các từ và cụm từ trong ngôn ngữ máy tính

Example:
  • The instructions were not carried out because of a syntax error.

    Các hướng dẫn không được thực hiện do lỗi cú pháp.