stratificational adjective. [,stratɪfɪ'keɪʃ(ǝ)n(ǝ)l] M20.
[from STRATIFICATION + -AL¹.]
1. Linguistics. Of, pertaining to, or designating a theory in which language is viewed or analysed in terms of a series of strata or structural layers, each with its own rules of formation and related to each other. M20.
stratificational grammar, stratificational linguistics, stratificational theory, etc.

2. Of or pertaining to social or cultural strata. M20.

■ stratificationalism noun (adherence to) the theory that language comprises several structural layers M20.

■ stratificationalist noun an adherent of stratificationalism M20.

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