Syntagmatic relation

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A syntagmatic relation is a relation between expressions that occur next to one another. Syntagmatic relations contrast with paradigmatic relations.

Examples

blond and hair, kick and foot

Reference

Lyons, John. 1968. Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.


Other languages

Chinese 横组合关系 German syntagmatische Beziehung