syntactic

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A homomorphism that strikes this balance perfectly is called the 'canonical homomorphism' and the image of the set of all strings under this homomorphisms is called the syntactic monoid.

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or conforming to the rules of syntax.

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  • Linguists often use "fluent" to describe speakers who learn a language with native ability and no syntactic, phonological, or semantic/pragmatic limitation beyond that which would be expected of their dialect.
  • I would say that there are many many syntactic or semantic phenomena that are of this nature: presented in isolation, what is interesting about them is immediately apparent, but presented in a natural context, even with instructions to seek out anomalies, they may as well be invisible.
  • The rhythmic-syntactic base-line of the poem is the first line's joyous affirmation ( "apricot trees exist, apricot trees exist") - modulated, as the poem takes in more of the world, by the noted existence of destruction & evil. —  Nomadics
  • In this article, I extend this approach to the logico-syntactic properties of number words, focusing on the way numerals interact with each other (e.g. Three boys are holding two balloons) as well as with other quantified expressions (e.g. Three boys are holding each balloon). —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Are you talking about a particular syntactic or semantic subset of words? —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
 

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  1. Greek suntaktikos, putting together, from suntaktos, constructed, from suntassein, to construct; see syntax.

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  1. = Spanish sintactico (cf. French syntaxique, properly *syntactique), from Greek σύνταξις (συντακτ-), a joining together, syntax: see syntax.
 

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/sɪnˈtæktɪk/
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