Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 5
ぶん
Grade: 1
ろん
Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology edit

Compound of 構文 (kōbun, syntax) +‎ (ron, theory).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(こう)(ぶん)(ろん) (kōbunron

  1. (linguistics) Synonym of 統語論 (tōgoron): syntax (as a field of study), syntactics

Usage notes edit

Use the term 構文 (kōbun) to refer to syntax in the grammatical structure sense, as in “the syntax of this sentence...”

References edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN