syntagma

English

Alternative forms

• syntagm (linguistics)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  syntagma, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek σύνταγμα (súntagma, “syntactical element”), from συντάσσω (suntássō, “arrange together”, “to order”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: sĭntăgʹmə, IPA^(key): /sɪnˈtæɡmə/,

Noun

syntagma (plural syntagmata or syntagmas)

1. A syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit; a construction.

   They are the three Transylvanian peoples collectively known under the syntagma of Unio Trium Nationum.

2. A sequence of linguistic units in a syntagmatic relationship to one another.
3. A Macedonian phalanx fighting formation consisting of 256 men with long spears (sarissae).

Derived terms

• syntagmatic

Related terms

• syntax
• syntaxis

Translations

syntactic string of words

• French: syntagme (fr) m
• German: Syntagma (de) n
• Polish: syntagma (pl) f
• Portuguese: sintagma (pt) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: синта́гма (ru) f (sintágma)
• Serbo-Croatian: синтагма f (sintagma), sintagma (sh) f
• Swedish: syntagm

sequence of linguistic units

• Greek: συνταγματικός (el) m (syntagmatikós)
• Polish: syntagma (pl) f
• Portuguese: sintagma (pt) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: синта́гма (ru) f (sintágma)
• Serbo-Croatian: синтагма f (sintagma), sintagma (sh) f

Macedonian phalanx

• Greek: σύνταγμα (el) n (sýntagma)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

See also

• paradigm

References

• https://web.archive.org/web/20060615171518/http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/S4B/sem03.html
• http://www.rdillman.com/HFCL/TUTOR/Semiotics/sem3.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20110226190824/http://www.ticopa.com/HFCL/TUTOR/Semiotics/sem.ex.syntagm.html
• http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Romanian+Orthodox+Church