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Meaning of metatypy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The morphosyntactic change that a language undergoes due to its speakers being bilingual.

uncountable

Examples

“The Trans New Guinea language area is probably the result of repeated metatypy rather than of common genetic origin.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

metatyuyamunite metaunderstanding metauniverse metavalue metavanadate metavanadic acid