syntagm
/ˈsɪntæm/
noun
- A linguistic unit consisting of a set of linguistic forms (such as words or phrases) that are arranged in a linear sequence according to grammatical rules.
- In the sentence 'The cat sleeps,' 'the cat' is a noun syntagm.
- Linguists study how words form syntagms in different languages.
- A syntagm can be as short as two words or as long as a whole sentence.
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