metagrammar

English

Etymology

meta- +‎ grammar

Noun

metagrammar (countable and uncountable, plural metagrammars)

1. (countable) A formal grammar that describes a set of possible grammars.

   SGML is the metagrammar in which HTML is defined.

2. (uncountable) The study of systems of grammar.

   Synonym: grammatics

Related terms

• metagrammatical
• metagrammatically
• metalanguage
• metasyntax