Meaning of metasequential | Babel Free

Definitions

Of or pertaining to a metasequence.

Examples

“Moreover, this supporting account contains the metalinguistic, or more properly metasequential, term reason⟳, which encodes the speaker’s awareness of the conversational method that he is employing (i.e. reasons are realized in the form⟳ of accounts).”

“Her turn⟳ ends with an invitation to the Doctor to formulate, ‘so’, which he appears to anticipate. Being unwilling to formulate, in his next turn⟳ he confirms that he understood (metasequential right), adding a supplementary inquiry, ‘the whole lot’, which Nicole confirms with a minimal ‘yeah’.”

“Higher-order-iterations of conditionals require⟳ higher-order metasequential constructions.”

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