A 术语 borrowed by Denis Smalley from literary/cultural 理论 Linda Hutcheon 1985 理论 Of Parody NY Methuan and applied to the 符号学 分析 of 电子声学 音乐 It can be used as an aid to 描述 关系 between 声音 formed through extrinsic meanings as well as 描述 intrinsic/extrinsic 关系 within contexts of 作品 themselves

Transcontextuality is a 手段(意味着) of framing 分析 of 音乐 基于 on 采样 and 再循环 as well as 声音景观（声景） 作曲 and 叙事 作曲

It is also a useful conceptual 工具 in attempting to 描述 what are sometimes loosely termed surrealist-like tendencies in certain 电子声学 作品 notably for 例如 those of Bernard Parmegiani

The 术语 Recontextualisation is also sometimes used