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metavariable

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metavariable [¦med·ə′ver·ē·ə·bəl]
(computer science)
One of the elements of a formal language, corresponding to the parts of speech of a natural language. Also known as component name; phrase name.
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While definite NPs provide a metavariable for which a substituend has to be provided from the preceding context howsoever defined, hence chosen meeting certain restrictions (presuppositions), so wh NPs also provide a metavariable for which a substituend has to be provided, obligatorily not out of the established context, meeting certain restrictions (either presuppositions or scope statements).
Klaus von Heusinger and Urs Egli, editors: Reference and Anaphoric ... by Kempson, Ruth / Linguistics: an interdisciplinary journal of the language sciences
 
 
 
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