metalanguage

Noun

Meaning

a language that can be used to describe languages

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

language contradicted

Hypernyms

language linguistic communication

Hyponyms

syntax language

Related terms

metalinguistic metalinguist metalingual

Examples

In his work, Elements of Semiology (1967), he advanced the concept of the " metalanguage ". Source: Internet

Insofar as one metalanguage is required for one explanation of first-order language, another may be required, so metalanguages may actually replace first-order languages. Source: Internet

Major works Barthes and the need for metalanguage Although many may have felt the necessity to move beyond structuralism, there was clearly no consensus on how this ought to occur. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

metal-to-metal metalacyclic metalammonium metalate metalating metalation