syntagmatic

B.2 elementary contexts, which correspond to syntagmatic units (i.e.
B.2 contextes élémentaires, correspondants à des unités syntagmatiques (ex.
As we can see, it is a syntagmatic relation (subtraction).
Comme nous pouvons le constater, il s’agit d’une relation syntactique (soustraction).
Poetic function In the previous unit, we affirmed that an utterance is built by selection (syntagmatic axis) and combination (syntagmatic axis).
Dans la section précédente, nous avons affirmé qu’un énoncé est construit par la sélection (axe pardigmatique) et par la combinaison (axe syntactique).
In other words, the slot machine has a paradigmatic capability (by simply pulling its lever, we can review the whole range of possibilities), but not a syntagmatic one (indeed, it combines words randomly).
En d’autres mots, la machine à sous a des capacités paradigmatiques (en tirant simplement un levier, nous pouvons revoir toute la gamme des possibilités), mais aucune capacité syntactique (en fait, elle combine les mots tout à fait par hasard).
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