Syntax

Syntax, originating from the Greek words συν (sun, meaning ?together?) and ταξις (taxis, meaning sequence/order), can be described as the study of the rules, or "patterned relations" that govern the way the words in a sentence come together. It concerns how different words (which, going back to Dionysios Thrax, are categorized as nouns, adjectives, verbs, etc.) are combined into clauses, which, in turn, are combined into sentences.

See also

• Phrase,
• Phrase structure rules,
• x-bar syntax,
• Syntactic categories,
• Grammar,
• Algebraic syntax