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Definition of metalanguage

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noun

(countable, uncountable)Any language or vocabulary of terms used to describe or analyze a language or linguistic process.

“In order to talk or theorise about phenomena, one inevitably uses a language that is in effect a metalanguage, a special instance of language that allows the theorist to stand back and describe what is happening.”

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noun

(countable, uncountable)Any language or vocabulary of terms used to describe or analyze a language or linguistic process.

“In order to talk or theorise about phenomena, one inevitably uses a language that is in effect a metalanguage, a special instance of language that allows the theorist to stand back and describe what is happening.”
(countable, uncountable)Any similar language used to define a programming language

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