syncategorematic

English

Etymology

syn- +‎ categorematic

Adjective

syncategorematic (comparative more syncategorematic, superlative most syncategorematic)

1. (linguistics, of a term) Needing other terms in order to make a meaningful constituent of language.

   In a logical theory, tautologies could be regarded as being syncategorematic and contingencies as being categorematic.

   • 2009, MacFarlane, John, “Logical Constants”, in Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy‎^[1], retrieved 2012-05-07:

     In sum, it is not clear how the distinction between categorematic and syncategorematic terms, so natural in the framework of a term logic, can be extended to a post-Fregean function/argument conception of propositional structure.

Translations

needing other terms

• Mandarin: 虚词 (zh) (xūcí)
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• Occitan: sincategorematic

Related terms

• categorematic

See also

• logical constant