Syntax The word syntax is derived from a Greek word which means ordering together or arranging systematically. Syntax is the study of how words are arranged to form larger structures like phrases, clauses and sentences. It is a study of the rules according to which words are put together in larger strings to make meaningful units. According to Robert K. Hall, syntax is “the study of the combinations of such morphemes as are not bound on the levels of either inflection or derivation.” Traditionally, syntax was believed to cover only the formation of phrases, clauses and sentences by putting together words (lexemes) which are either free morphemes or combinations of a free morpheme and one or more bound morpheme/s which may be inflectional or derivational. But Saussure and some later linguists have contended that the structure of words can also be brought under syntax. Sentence A sentence is a structured string of words which communicates a complete meaning. There are some l...