Syntagm

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What is Syntagm (british) syntagma (american), I couldn’t find good info from google or Wikipedia so im asking here.

Dave Phillips · Accepted Answer

Try looking up syntagma, that's how its listed in my dictionary. Syntagm (n)

1, a syntactic unit or word or phrase forming a syntactic unit.

2, a systematic collection of statements or propositions.

Red_Guitar_168 · Answer

Hello Ali.h,

If you're looking for its meaning from linguistic point of view, here, i have something to be shared with you:

syntagm is "a set of forms (words/letters) in a sequential or parallel relationship".

example 1 : if you need to arrange these letters (b, c, a) in a "syntagmatic relationship", you have to re-arrange them as "a, b, c"
example 2 : if you need to arrange these words (out, go, I) in a "syntagmatic relationship" and re-write it in a full sentence, then you should re-write it as "I go out".

syntagm is often contrasted to "paradigm" (a set of items that form mutually exclusive choices in particular syntactic roles).

Example (i got this example from my dictionary) : you can say "a book" or "his book", but you cannot write "a his book". (paradigmatically, when you have written "a" in this sentence, you have to omit "the")

p.s : Hopefully, i have made it clearer to you. But, as i am not a student of Linguistic studies nor a qualified English teacher, I am truly sorry if my explanation and examples were inaccurate. and if was totally wrong, please, correct me too - i'll truly appreciate it.

Regards,
[8].RedGuitar.[8]

Red_Guitar_168 · Answer

and i have found this too, i hope this is what you have been looking for

:

http://changingminds.org/explanations/critical_theory/concepts/syntagm_paradigm.htm

Regards,
[8].RedGuitar.[8]

Ali.h · Answer

thank you

Red_Guitar_168 · Answer

Ali.hthank you

you're most welcome, Ali.h. cheers.

Regards,
[8].RedGuitar.[8]

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