- A term for the study of the rules governing the way words are combined to form sentence in a language. In this use, syntaxis opposed to Morphology, the study of word structure.
- The study of interrelationship between elements of sentences structures, and the rules governing the arrangement of those elements in sequence.
- Syntax is what people do to produce linguistics string.
System of analysis in Syntax :
1. TRADITIONAL MODEL
2. STRUCTURALIST MODEL
3. TRANSFORMATIONAL GENERATIVE GRAMMAR
4. DESCRIPTIVE GRAMMAR
5. FUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR