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.
Origin of metalinguistics
1First recorded in 1945–50; meta- + linguistics
Words Nearby metalinguistics
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