Sintaticamente

Sintaticamente is an adverb in Portuguese derived from the adjective “sintático”, which pertains to syntax, the branch of linguistics that studies the rules governing the arrangement of words and phrases in sentences. When something is described as sintaticamente, it is being referred to in terms of its syntactic properties or structure rather than its semantic meaning, phonology, or pragmatics.

In linguistic analysis, the term is commonly used to contrast different levels of language description. For example, a phrase may be considered corretamente sintaticamente even if it is semantically ambiguous, meaning that its arrangement follows the grammatical conventions of the language. Conversely, a construction that violates syntactic norms is said to ser sintaticamente incorreto.

The concept appears in works on Portuguese grammar, comparative linguistics, and language teaching, where instructors may emphasize that a sentence is sintaticamente bem formado despite lexical errors. It is also relevant in computational linguistics, where parsers evaluate whether input strings are sintaticamente valid according to a defined grammar.

Related terms include “sintaxe” (syntax), “semântica” (semantics), and “pragmática” (pragmatics). While the adverb is specific to Portuguese, its English counterpart is “syntactically”. The usage of sintaticamente thus serves to isolate the structural dimension of language for precise description and analysis.