ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Metasyntactic

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Metasyntactic is an adjective meaning (linguistics, computing) Used in describing syntax; relating to metasyntax.

Meaning

(linguistics, computing) Used in describing syntax; relating to metasyntax.

Example Sentences

Metasyntactic values, in the sense I'm using here, are descriptive of syntax, as for example the nonterminals of a Chomsky grammar.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include syntacticosemantic, grammaticosyntactic, macrosyntactic, syntactic, microsyntactic, morphosyntactic.

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