Ministry of higher and secondary specialized

The Types of Linguistic Relations Between Words

There are two types of relations between words in languages: paradigmatic and syntagmatic.

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1) paradigmatic bond is a connection among the classes of linguistic units/words combined by the existence 

of some certain common features, e.g.

a) asking, sitting, barking, sleeping (all these words have common –ing ending);

b) ask, asking, asks, asked, has asked, be asked (in this case it is stem “ask” is common);

2) Syntagmatic connection is a bond among linguistic units in a lineal succession in the 

connected speech.

Syntagmatic connection between words or group of words is also called a syntactic bond.