different between categorematic vs syncategorematic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????????? (kat?gór?ma, “a predicate”).

Adjective

categorematic (not comparable)

1. (logic, of a word) Capable of being employed alone as a term.

Antonyms

• (logic, of a word): syncategorematic

Derived terms

• categorematically
• syncategorematic

Translations

Further reading

• categorematic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• categorematic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• categorematic at OneLook Dictionary Search

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 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.

Antonyms

• categorematic

Translations

See also

• logical constant