metafunction
/ˈmɛtəˌfʌŋ(k)ʃn/noun
1 Mathematics and Logic. A function which operates above and transcends other functions. In quot. 1931: an equivalence class of functions.
2 Linguistics. In the functional grammar of M. A. K. Halliday: each of the three fundamental, universal functions of language (ideational, interpersonal, and textual) underlying the development of linguistic structures.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Annals of Mathematics. From meta- + function.
- asymptomatic
- asymptote
- asymptotic
- asymptotically
- asynchronous
- asynchronously
- asynchronous transfer mode
- asynchrony
- asyndetic
- asyndeton
- as you do
- asystole
- asystolic
- (as) —— as all get out
- (as) —— as anything
- (as) —— as hell
- (as) —— as pie
- (as) —— as sin
- as —— as the next man
- as —— as they come
- as —— as you please
- as —— go
- at
- at-
- ATA