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Faculty of Humanities and Social Science => Linguistics => English => Syntax and Semantics => Topic started by: Anta on June 01, 2021, 01:36:30 PM
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Difference Between Syntax and Semantics
Definition
Syntax: A sub-discipline of linguistic that studies the structure of a sentence.
Semantics: A sub-discipline of linguistic that studies the meaning of words and sentences.
Areas
Syntax: Word order, Parts of Speech, Types of sentences, etc. are studied in Syntax.
Semantics: Elements like ambiguity, the relationship between words and sentences based on meaning are studied in language.
Meaningful sentences
Syntax: A syntactically correct sentence is not necessarily a meaningful sentence.
Semantics: A meaningful sentence has to be syntactically correct.
Source: https://pediaa.com/difference-between-syntax-and-semantics/
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