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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