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English
Etymology
From meta- + linguistic.
Adjective
metalinguistic (not comparable)
- (linguistics) Treating words as words, rather than interacting with their meaning.
2002, Rodney Huddleston, Geoffrey K. Pullum, The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language:Mary is still one of the most popular girl's names. This represents a metalinguistic use of Mary: the case where we cite a linguistic expression in order to say something about it qua linguistic expression.
- Pertaining to metalinguistics.
Derived terms
Translations
treating words as words, rather than interacting with their meaning
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