NOUN | person | grammarian, syntactician | a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax |
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Meaning | A linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax. | |
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Synonym | syntactician | |
Instances | Aristarchus | An ancient Greek grammarian remembered for his commentary on the Iliad and Odyssey (circa 217-145 BC) |
Donatus, Aelius Donatus | Roman grammarian whose textbook on Latin grammar was used throughout the Middle Ages (fourth century) | |
Panini | Indian grammarian whose grammatical rules for Sanskrit are the first known example of descriptive linguistics (circa 400 BC) | |
Broader | linguist, linguistic scientist | A specialist in linguistics |
Spanish | gramático | |
Catalan | gramàtic |
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