Syntax
System responsible for combining morphemes into complex structures / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Syntax (disambiguation).
"Sentence structure" redirects here. For sentence structure in traditional grammar, see Sentence clause structure.
In linguistics, syntax (/ˈsɪntæks/ SIN-taks)[1][2] is the study of how words and morphemes combine to form larger units such as phrases and sentences. Central concerns of syntax include word order, grammatical relations, hierarchical sentence structure (constituency),[3] agreement, the nature of crosslinguistic variation, and the relationship between form and meaning (semantics). There are numerous approaches to syntax that differ in their central assumptions and goals.