Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
とう
Grade: 5

Grade: 4
ろん
Grade: 6
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
統辭論 (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

Compound of 統辞 (tōji, syntax, less common on its own than synonym 構文 kōbun) +‎ (ron, theory).[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(とう)()(ろん) (tōjiron

  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. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN