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'''Syntax''' is the linguistic study of how words combine to form sentences. (To linguists, "syntax" is a subset of "grammar", and grammar also includes things like the study of valid word forms.)

'''Syntax''' is the linguistic study of how words combine to form sentences.<ref>To linguists, "syntax" is a subset of "grammar", and grammar also includes things like the study of valid word forms.</ref>

There are many broad theories of how syntax arises, rooted in philosophical questions. Why are humans so good at language? How do humans acquire language so quickly, and why do they make some kinds of mistakes but not others? And how do these theories apply to conlangs like Toaq, anyway?

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	'''Syntax''' is the linguistic study of how words combine to form sentences. (To linguists, "syntax" is a subset of "grammar", and grammar also includes things like the study of valid word forms.)		'''Syntax''' is the linguistic study of how words combine to form sentences.<ref>To linguists, "syntax" is a subset of "grammar", and grammar also includes things like the study of valid word forms.</ref>

	There are many broad theories of how syntax arises, rooted in philosophical questions. Why are humans so good at language? How do humans acquire language so quickly, and why do they make some kinds of mistakes but not others? And how do these theories apply to conlangs like Toaq, anyway?		There are many broad theories of how syntax arises, rooted in philosophical questions. Why are humans so good at language? How do humans acquire language so quickly, and why do they make some kinds of mistakes but not others? And how do these theories apply to conlangs like Toaq, anyway?