lexotacticsn.
/lɛksəʊˈtaktɪks/ Linguistics.
With singular agreement. The study of the ordering of lexemes in a language.
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syntaxis1540
syntax1548
rhematic1820
semiotics1880
syntagmatics1936
syntactics1937
lexotactics1966
1966 S. M. Lamb Outl. Stratificational Gram. 14 A nominal in English lexotactics may function as a predicate nominative, as object of a verb, as subject of a clause, or in construction with 's.
Derivatives
lexoˈtactic adj.
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syntactical1577
syntaxical1592
syntactic1688
tactical1698
synthetic1778
compositional1815
grammatical1874
taxis1885
syntagmatic1937
lexotactic1966
1966 S. M. Lamb Outl. Stratificational Gram. 14 Occasional upward ands are also found in lexotactic patterns.
1979 Amer. Speech 54 135 The semotactic and lexotactic levels are generative devices that specify which combinations of individual emic elements are well-formed.
lexoˈtactically adv.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > [adverb]
syntactically1698
syntagmatically1937
lexotactically1972
1972 A. Makkai Idiom Struct. 85 Lexotactically it is bad, because it [sc. the sentence] follows the German word order.
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