syntactics

[ sin-tak-tiks ]

noun

, (used with a singular verb)

1. the branch of semiotics dealing with the formal properties of languages and systems of symbols.

syntactics

/ sɪnˈtæktɪks /

noun

1. functioning as singular the branch of semiotics that deals with the formal properties of symbol systems; proof theory

Word History and Origins

Origin of syntactics¹

First recorded in 1820–30; syntactic, -ics