- Parenthesis:
- Connectives:
- Quantifier:
- Variables, one for each :
- Equality symbol: =
- Constant symbols: A set of symbols
- Function symbols, for each : A set of -ary function symbols
- Relation symbols, for each : A set of -ary relation symbols
Since the only thing differing from language to language are its constants, variables, functions and relations then we can denote the language by , we can denote the set of variables by