See Also: metalinguistic(dictionary)

metalinguistic (iou)



metalinguistic adjective. M20.
[from META- + LINGUISTIC.]
Of or pertaining to a metalanguage or metalinguistics.
meta'linguist noun M20.
metalinguistically adverb from the point of view of metalinguistics M20.
metalinguistics noun (a) the branch of linguistics that deals with metalanguages: (b) rare the branch of linguistics that deals with the relation of language to the other elements of a culture; M20.