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Definition of Syntactician

1. Noun. A linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax.

Definition of Syntactician

1. Noun. An expert in syntax. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Syntactician

Literary usage of Syntactician

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Journal of Philology by Project Muse, JSTOR (Organization) (1907)
"... as an attempt to understand, not the syntax, but the mind, of Thucydides the syntactician in me revolt! against this attitude of superiority. ..."

2. The Monist by Hegeler Institute, Edward C. Hegeler (1905)
"A syntactician Among the Psychologists. BASIL L. GILDERSLEEVE. Discussion: Image or Sensation. WILLARD C. GORE. Reviews and Abstracts of Literature. ..."

3. The Journal of English and Germanic Philology by Ill.) University of Illinois (Urbana (1907)
"To the syntactician the constructions of Indirect Discourse have presented the most interestingly baffling of problems. We do not lack attempts at solution. ..."

4. Congress of Arts and Science: Universal Exposition, St. Louis, 1904 by Howard Jason Rogers (1906)
"For the syntactician it abounds in prizes; some day he may awake to their whereabouts; at present, he seems hardly aware that they exist at all. ..."

5. Essays on Some Biblical Questions of the Day by Henry Barclay Swete (1909)
"They have shown that the aftermath of Greek literature is rich in interest and value of its own, and that if the comparative philologist and syntactician ..."

6. American Journal of Philology by Project Muse, JSTOR (Organization) (1907)
"... as an attempt to understand, not the syntax, but the mind, of Thucydides the syntactician in me revolt! against this attitude of superiority. ..."

7. The Monist by Hegeler Institute, Edward C. Hegeler (1905)
"A syntactician Among the Psychologists. BASIL L. GILDERSLEEVE. Discussion: Image or Sensation. WILLARD C. GORE. Reviews and Abstracts of Literature. ..."

8. The Journal of English and Germanic Philology by Ill.) University of Illinois (Urbana (1907)
"To the syntactician the constructions of Indirect Discourse have presented the most interestingly baffling of problems. We do not lack attempts at solution. ..."

9. Congress of Arts and Science: Universal Exposition, St. Louis, 1904 by Howard Jason Rogers (1906)
"For the syntactician it abounds in prizes; some day he may awake to their whereabouts; at present, he seems hardly aware that they exist at all. ..."

10. Essays on Some Biblical Questions of the Day by Henry Barclay Swete (1909)
"They have shown that the aftermath of Greek literature is rich in interest and value of its own, and that if the comparative philologist and syntactician ..."

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