English

Alternative forms

• syntagm (linguistics)^[1]

Noun

syntagma ‎(plural syntagmata or syntagmas)^[1]

1. A syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit; a construction.^[1]

   They are the three Transylvanian peoples collectively known under the syntagma of Unio Trium Nationum.

2. A sequence of linguistic units in a syntagmatic relationship to one another.^[1]
3. 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

1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 “‖syntagma” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]

• 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