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  • noun linguistics The part of metalanguage that deals with semantics.

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meta- +‎ semantics

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  • Besides having suitable genes, he had been through the Intelligence Corps 'unmercifully rigorous courses in linguistics and metalinguistics, semantics and metasemantics, every known trick of concentration and memorization; he had learned how to learn.

    The Rebel Worlds Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1972

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