What is another word for syntactical?

Pronunciation: [sɪntˈaktɪkə͡l] (IPA)

The word "syntactical" is used to describe something that pertains to syntax, the rules for how words are arranged within a sentence to create meaning. Synonyms for syntactical might include grammatical, structural, or linguistic, all of which refer to the way in which language is organized and structured. Other possible synonyms might include formalist, meaning that something is concerned with the proper form of language; syntactic, which is actually a more common adjective form of the word than syntactical; and even prescriptive, which refers to the way in which language is supposed to be used according to established rules and conventions. Overall, the synonyms for syntactical all suggest a focus on the rules and principles that govern how language is constructed and communicated.

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Usage examples for Syntactical

In this case the word is an improper compound, since it is like the word pater-familias in Latin, in a common state of syntactical construction.
"The English Language"
Robert Gordon Latham
There are also syntactical agreements.
"The Khasis"
P. R. T. Gurdon
In his spoken address the interpretation of tone and gesture, doubtless, supplied the syntactical adjustments so often wanting in Paul's written composition.
"The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians"
G. G. Findlay

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  • The round-square may be impossible, but we believe in it because it is impossible. [E.E.] Cummings is a very great expert in all these, so to speak, illegal syntactical devices: his misuse of parts of speech, his use of negative prefixes, his word-coining, his systematic relation of words that grammar and syntax don’t permit us to relate—all this makes him a magical bootlegger or moonshiner of language, one who intoxicates us on a clear liquor no government has legalized with its stamp.
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