Associations to the word «Metalanguage»
Noun
Wiktionary
METALANGUAGE, noun. (linguistics) (translation studies) (critical theory) Any language or vocabulary of specialized terms used to describe or analyze a language or linguistic process.
METALANGUAGE, noun. (computing) Any similar language used to define a programming language.
Dictionary definition
METALANGUAGE, noun. A language that can be used to describe languages.
Wise words
Every once in a while, you let a word or phrase out and you
want to catch it and bring it back. You can't do that. It's
gone, gone forever.