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syntax

/sin-taks/US // ˈsɪn tæks //UK // (ˈsɪntæks) //

句法,语法,句式,句法学

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Linguistics. the study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language.the study of the patterns of formation of sentences and phrases from words.the rules or patterns so studied: English syntax.a presentation of these: a syntax of English.an instance of these: the syntax of a sentence.
    • : Logic. that branch of modern logic that studies the various kinds of signs that occur in a system and the possible arrangements of those signs, complete abstraction being made of the meaning of the signs.the outcome of such a study when directed upon a specified language.
    • : a system or orderly arrangement.
    • : Computers. the grammatical rules and structural patterns governing the ordered use of appropriate words and symbols for issuing commands, writing code, etc., in a particular software application or programming language.

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Examples

  • When it comes to metadata, you need to make sure that the syntax is exact.

  • As I learned, many language researchers dispute that Koko and other gorillas actually learned sign language, arguing that they didn’t learn its syntax and had instead just mastered a few modified American Sign Language signs.

  • In many cases, the task a model is trained on does not force it to care about word order or syntax in general.

  • Tree shaking doesn’t always work well with older libraries due to the moving goalposts of keeping up with modern syntax and coding patterns.

  • Personally I’ve been doing a lot of work on the relationship between syntax and sociolinguistics.

  • The style is stuffy, the syntax is antique, and the conceit is never really convincing.

  • Butler's syntax sometimes gets in the way of understanding what she's asserting as fact.

  • From the syntax, it's a separate item, as if the requirement for the loyalty oath is law.

  • Syntax aside, the real consideration is the degree to which Romney can afford to alienate Hispanic Americans.

  • If you did learn to read it, you would discover the alienness of the syntax and structure.

  • From these shapeless rudiments we have, it is true, an immense distance to travel before we arrive at syntax.

  • As between Provençal and French this comparison would be between words, rather than in syntax.

  • His is ill syntax with heaven; and by unfeared he means unafraid: Words of a quite contrary signification.

  • It might have invented fresh inflections, and shaped its own syntax.

  • For the same feature in syntax see the division of simple sentences on p. 252.