synecdoche n
see figure of speech
synonym nsynonymous adjsynonymy n
a word which has the same, or nearly the same, meaning as another word.
For example, in English hide and conceal in:
He hidthe money under the bed.
He concealedthe money under the bed.
Often one word may be more appropriate than another in a particular
situation, e.g. conceal is more formal than hide.
Sometimes two words may be synonymous in certain sentences only.
For example, in the sentences:
I must buysome more stamps at the post office.
I must getsome more stamps at the post office.
buy and get are synonyms, as it would usually be thought that get in the
second sentence means buy and not steal.
see also antonym, hyponymy
syntactic adj
see syntax
syntactic structure n
see constituent structure, phrase structure, syntax
syntagmn
also syntagma,syntagmatic
a structurally significant combination of two or more units in a language.
For example, a syntagm may consist of:
a two or more morphemes forming a word, e.g.:
re-+write=rewrite
or
b combinations of words forming phrases, clauses, and sentences,
e.g.:
the+train+is+leaving+now
see also syntagmatic relations, syntax
syntagmatic relations n
the relationship that linguistic units (e.g. words, clauses) have with other
units because they may occur together in a sequence. For example, a word
may be said to have syntagmatic relations with the other words which occur
in the sentence in which it appears, but paradigmatic relations with words
that could be substituted for it in the sentence.
synecdoche