terminological
adjUS /ˌtɜɹmənəlˈɒd͡ʒɪkəl/
Etymology From terminology + -ical.
1
Of, or relating to terminology.
- In earlier works, what is here called S-structure was frequently referred to as ‘Surface Structureʼ; but in more recent work a crucial terminological distinction has been drawn between S-structure ( = the output of the Syntactic Component of our Grammar) and Surface Structure ( = the output of the Phonological Component).1988, Andrew Radford, chapter 8, in Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 419: