Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A language or vocabulary used to describe or analyze language.
- noun Computers A language used to define another language.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Any language that can be used to describe another language or system of symbols.
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- noun linguistics, translation studies, critical theory Any language or
vocabulary ofspecialized terms used todescribe oranalyze a language or linguistic process. - noun computing Any similar language used to
define aprogramming language .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a language that can be used to describe languages
Etymologies
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Examples
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On the positive side, the concept of truth can be adequately defined for any formalized language L in a language (the so-called metalanguage), provided it is of higher order than L.
Paradoxes and Contemporary Logic Cantini, Andrea 2007
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But the mathematical part of the metalanguage will be the same, for that's the "sufficiently developed system of mathematical logic" of which Tarski spoke.
Alfred Tarski Gómez-Torrente, Mario 2006
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They also do not necessarily learn the important "metalanguage" of subject areas, which is so crucial if our learners are to socially interact and discuss ideas in a specific knowledge domain with each other and with authentic experts.
Piaget and Vygotsky Bill Kerr 2006
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However, our friends, the logicians, have made it clear to us long ago that in any but the simplest languages we must distinguish between an 'object language' and a 'metalanguage'.
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In general, Greek letters like Ï and Ï are variables of the metalanguage, that is, the language I am using for talking about theories of truth and the language in which this entry is written (i.e.,
Axiomatic Theories of Truth Halbach, Volker 2007
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"metalanguage" formed by mixing together previously distinct languages or mediums.
Serial Consign 2010
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A new metalanguage was created and cherished by those who could talk the talk.
Rajiv Naresh: Meme Wars and the Death of the Underground Rajiv Naresh 2012
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A new metalanguage was created and cherished by those who could talk the talk.
Rajiv Naresh: Meme Wars and the Death of the Underground Rajiv Naresh 2012
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This glorious mess is an exhausting but also exhilarating archive of language and metalanguage.
Seth Abramson: December 2011 Contemporary Poetry Reviews Seth Abramson 2011
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Hmm. I also agree with you that the metalanguage (noun-like events and verb-like acts) is fairly abstruse and unlikely to be of much practical use in the classroom.
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