統とう辞じ論ろんとうじろんMeanings1nounsyntaxlinguisticsLinguistics term for the study of sentence structure and word order. Synonymous with 統語論 (とうごろん), which is more common in modern usage.See also: 統語論統とう辞じ論ろんは、文ぶんの構こう造ぞうを研けん究きゅうする言げん語ご学がくの一いち分ぶん野やです。Syntax is a branch of linguistics that studies sentence structure.