metasyntactic
adjEtymology From meta- + syntactic.
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Computing, Engineering, Human sciences, Linguistics, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Used in describing syntax; relating to metasyntax.
- Metasyntactic values, in the sense I'm using here, are descriptive of syntax, as for example the nonterminals of a Chomsky grammar.2001, John N. Shutt, What is Grammar?:
- Related terms
- metasyntactic variable