metacondition en · NOUN
Etymology
From meta- + condition.
Meanings
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A condition dependent on other conditions.
The phenomenon cannot be described, she pointed out, by talking about individual changes in transformational rules or whatnot: Rather, it must be described as a metacondition on the way the grammar of a language as a whole will change.
2003, Raymond Hickey, Motives for Language Change, page 104:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| metaconditions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |