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
