different between syntagms vs syntagma

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?s?ntæmz]

Noun

syntagms

1. plural of syntagm

Anagrams

• gymnasts

English

Alternative forms

• syntagm (linguistics)

Etymology

From Late Latin syntagma, from Ancient Greek ???????? (súntagma, “orderly arrangement”), from ???????? (suntáss?, “arrange together”, “to order”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: s?nt?g?m?, IPA^(key): /s?n?tæ?m?/,

Noun

syntagma (plural syntagmata or syntagmas)

1. (linguistics) A constituent segment within a text, such as a word or a phrase that forms a syntactic unit.

2. (semiotics) An arrangement of units that together bears a meaning.
3. (historical) A Macedonian phalanx fighting formation consisting of 256 men with long spears (sarissae).

Derived terms

• syntagmatic

Related terms

• syntax
• syntaxis

Translations

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