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From Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium

Syntax may refer to

• Syntax (linguistics) [r]: The study of the rules, or 'patterned relations', that govern the way words combine to form phrases and phrases to form sentences. [e]
• Syntax (computer science) [r]: The set of allowed reserved words and possible token order in a program. [e]
• Musical syntax [r]: A set of culture-specific rules underlying the composition and interpretation of music and often dance, too. [e]