syntactics

n. the structural and grammatical aspects of language, as distinguished from semantics.

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December 22nd 2024

task structure

the extent to which there is a clear relationship of means to ends in the performance of a task. In a highly structured task, the procedures required to perform the task successfully are known, whereas in an unstructured task, there is uncertainty about how to proceed.