syntactic structures
[sɪnˈtæktɪk ˈstrʌktʃərz]
nounpl: syntactic structures
estruturas sintáticas
1. The arrangement and organization of words and phrases in sentences according to grammatical rules; the way linguistic elements are organized to form valid sentences.
The study of syntactic structures helps linguists understand how languages organize information.
O estudo das estruturas sintáticas ajuda os linguistas a compreender como as línguas organizam a informação.
2. In formal linguistics and computational linguistics, the patterns and rules that govern how words combine to form phrases and clauses.
Natural language processing relies heavily on understanding syntactic structures to parse sentences correctly.
O processamento de linguagem natural depende muito da compreensão das estruturas sintáticas para analisar as frases corretamente.
3. The hierarchical organization of linguistic units from morphemes to complete sentences.
Different languages employ different syntactic structures to express similar meanings.
Diferentes línguas utilizam diferentes estruturas sintáticas para expressar significados semelhantes.
This is primarily academic and technical terminology used in linguistics, education, and computational language processing in both English-speaking and Portuguese-speaking countries. It is standard vocabulary in university linguistics courses, natural language processing research, and language technology development. The term reflects the scientific study of language structure in formal academic contexts.
Related Idioms & Phrases
parsing syntactic structures
analyzing syntactic structures
complex syntactic structures
deep syntactic structures
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