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