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metalinguistics
[ met-uh-ling-gwis-tiks ]
noun
, (used with a singular verb)
- the study of the relation between languages and the other cultural systems they refer to.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of metalinguistics1
First recorded in 1945–50; meta- + linguistics
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