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SYNTACTICIAN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax

Synonyms:

grammarian; syntactician

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("syntactician" is a kind of...):

linguist; linguistic scientist (a specialist in linguistics)

Instance hyponyms:

Aristarchus (an ancient Greek grammarian remembered for his commentary on the Iliad and Odyssey (circa 217-145 BC))

Aelius Donatus; Donatus (Roman grammarian whose textbook on Latin grammar was used throughout the Middle Ages (fourth century))

Panini (Indian grammarian whose grammatical rules for Sanskrit are the first known example of descriptive linguistics (circa 400 BC))

Derivation:

syntax (the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences)

syntax (studies of the rules for forming admissible sentences)

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