| 释义 |
metarule|ˈmɛtəruːl|
[f. meta- 1 + rule n.]
A convention or universal rule in a symbolic system, esp. a linguistic system.
1957Encycl. Brit. XIV. 319/1 The inference schemas which make up the calculus are never confused with the meta-rules for their reduction to one another. 1966J. R. Ross in Reibel & Schane Mod. Stud. in English: Readings in Transformational Gram. (1969) 289, I propose that the following metarule, or convention, be added to the theory of grammar. 1970Language XLVI. 28 Then objective guidelines are needed, meta-rules, to decide on the priority of application. 1972W. Labov in Stockwell & Macaulay Ling. Change & Generative Theory 160 We can then argue for an alpha-switching meta-rule which reverses the direction of the nasality constraint. |