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What does syntax mean?

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  1. A set of rules that govern how words are combined to form phrases and sentences.
  2. (computing) The formal rules of formulating the statements of a computer language.
  3. (linguistics) The study of the structure of phrases, sentences and language.
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It was a Judaisation of Middle High German, and certainly the structure of Western Yiddish is German in its syntax basically.
Finally, this Sunday strip has no connection to syntax or prosody, but does highlight the inadequacy of modern lexicography.
The difficulty and complexity of the play's plotting is matched by an unusual density and knottiness of syntax.
The syntax tells us which diagrams are acceptable, that is, which are well-formed, and which manipulations are permissible in each system.
At the most literal level, a juxtapositional diction and syntax are primary to her poetics.
It appears to be the case that no language has its word order or anything about its syntax determined by facts of pronunciation.

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