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とう
Grade: 5

Grade: 2
ろん
Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology edit

Compound of 統語 (tōgo, syntax, less common on its own than synonym 構文 kōbun) +‎ (ron, theory).[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(とう)()(ろん) (tōgoron

  1. (linguistics) 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...”

Synonyms edit

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
  4. 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN