level-skipping (n.)

A term used in TAGMEMIC GRAMMAR to refer to a process of SYNTACTIC CONSTRUCTION where a LEVEL has been omitted. In such cases, a FILLER from a lower-level construction is used in a higher-level one, as when a GENITIVE ending (from the MORPHEME level) is attached to a PHRASE, rather than a WORD (e.g. the King of Spain’s daughter). It is contrasted with LOOPBACK and LAYERING.