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Definition of Metalanguage
1. Noun. A language that can be used to describe languages.
Definition of Metalanguage
1. Noun. (linguistics translation studies critical theory) Any language or vocabulary of specialized terms used to describe or analyze a language or linguistic process. ¹
2. Noun. (computing) Any similar language used to define a programming language. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Metalanguage
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Metalanguage
Literary usage of Metalanguage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Praxis of Alain Badiou by Paul Ashton, A J Bartlett, Justin Clemens (2006)
"The language of intuitionist mathematics, as opposed to any metalanguage through
which we may wish to analyse it, is therefore 'tenseless', ..."
2. The Concept of Model: An Introduction to the Materialist Epistemology of by Alain Badiou (2007)
"Likewise, the relevant distinction between semantics and syntax refers to the
choice of which part of mathematics is to figure in the metalanguage. oo We ..."
3. Product Lines for Digital Information Products by Victor Pankratius (2007)
"Nevertheless, PLANT is extensible in this respect. A possible direction is to
develop a general metalanguage for content parametrization (eg, ..."
4. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1921)
"... metalanguage and referring to an object-language, of such a kind that the
rules determine a ..."
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