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syntagma

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Pronunciation

  • IPA /sɪnˈtæɡmə/

Noun

syntagma noun

  1. A constituent segment within a text, such as a word or a phrase that forms a syntactic unit.“The syntagma “the God of peace” (in Greek ὁ Θεὸς τῆς εἰρήνης) occurs in all undisputed Pauline letters.”
  2. An arrangement of units that together bears a meaning.“To combine a sequence of shots into a larger syntagma, there has to be a connection between the successive shots.”
  3. (history) A Macedonian phalanx fighting formation consisting of 256 men with long spears (sarissae).“The men forming the syntagma were arranged in a square of sixteen files of sixteen.”

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syntaxemeunit of lang…textemephrasesemantemelinguistic u…linguemewordsemonsegmentsyntagma

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