Syntagmatic structure

Syntagmatic structure

Syntagmatic structure (structure of syntax) is "the mode of time-awareness which listeners are placed" such as 'narrative', 'epic', or 'lyrical'. A Syntagma is one syntactic or syntagmatic element. Narrative structures feature a realistic temporal flow guided by tension and relaxation, privilege difference, and "as diegesis, songs speak to or address us by organizing a particular stretch of time into a conscious experience, and an experience of consciousness" (Cubitt 1984, p.216). Epic structures tend to the opposite, privileging repetition, creating a mythic state of recurrence, and "emptying out" the subject (ibid, p.216-17). Lyrical structures lie in between and feature symmetrical open/closed and binary forms. (Middleton 1990, p.251 and 217)

In semiotics "syntagmatic analysis" is analysis of syntax or surface structure (Syntagmatic structure), rather than paradigms as in paradigmatic analysis. This is often done through commutation tests. ( [http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/S4B/sem04.html] )

ee also

*Syntax

ource

*Middleton, Richard (1990/2002). Studying Popular Music. Philadelphia: Open University Press. ISBN 0-335-15275-9.
*Cubitt, Sean (1984). Cited in Middleton (2002).


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