メタ言語

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
げん
Grade: 2

Grade: 2
kan'on goon
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Etymology

From メタ (meta, meta) + (げん)() (gengo, language).

Pronunciation

Noun

メタ(げん)() (meta-gengo

  1. (linguistics, computing) metalanguage

References

  1. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN