| NOUN | person | syntactician, grammarian | 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 | grammarian | |
| 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 | |
| Nouns | syntax | studies of the rules for forming admissible sentences |
| syntax | the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences | |
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