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Syntagms vs Syntagma - What's the difference?

syntagms | syntagma |

As nouns the difference between syntagms and syntagma

is that syntagms is while syntagma is a syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit; a construction.

syntagms

English

Noun

(head)

    • syntagma

    English

    Alternative forms

    * syntagm (linguistics)“ ?syntagma]” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989

    Noun

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

    • Derived terms

    * syntagmatic

    Related terms

    * syntax * syntaxis

    See also

    * paradigm

    References

    * http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/S4B/sem03.html * http://www.rdillman.com/HFCL/TUTOR/Semiotics/sem3.html * http://www.ticopa.com/HFCL/TUTOR/Semiotics/sem.ex.syntagm.html * http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Romanian+Orthodox+Church