syntagm

/ˌsɪnˈtæm/

Definitions of syntagm

1. noun

   a syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit
   synonyms: syntagma

   types:

   constituent, grammatical constituent

   (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction

   subject

   (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated

   object

   (grammar) a constituent that is acted upon

   ablative absolute

   a constituent in Latin grammar; a noun and its modifier can function as a sentence modifier

   immediate constituent

   a constituent of a sentence at the first step in an analysis: e.g., subject and predicate

   construction, expression, grammatical construction

   a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit

   misconstruction

   an ungrammatical constituent

   term

   one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition

   type of:

   linguistic string, string of words, word string

   a linear sequence of words as spoken or written