metasyntactic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor. English meta- English syntactic English metasyntactic From meta- + syntactic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) 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?: