object language

Noun

Meaning

the language into which a text written in another language is to be translated

a computer language into which something written in another computer language is to be translated

Source: WordNet

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Sets his theory of truth (against Alfred Tarski), where an object language can contain its own truth predicate. Source: Internet

The sentence referred to is part of the "object language", while the referring sentence is considered to be a part of a "meta-language" with respect to the object language. Source: Internet

The latter he called an object language, the language being talked about. Source: Internet

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