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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *meth₂? Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor. English meta- Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā Latin dingua Latin lingua Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istabor. ▲ French -isteinflu. German -ist German Linguist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icusbor. Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)bor. German -ik German Linguistik Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old High German -isc Middle High German -isch German -isch German linguistischbor. English linguistic English metalinguistic From meta- + linguistic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Treating words as words, rather than interacting with their meaning.
Mary is still one of the most popular girl's names. This represents a metalinguistic use of Mary: the case where we cite a linguistic expression in order to say something about it qua linguistic expression.
2002, Rodney Huddleston, Geoffrey K. Pullum, The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language:
- (not-comparable) Pertaining to metalinguistics.
Deriveds
metametalinguistic · metalinguistically
Relateds
Translations (7)
pt metalinguístico (treating words as words, rather than interacting with their meaning) · pt metalinguístico (pertaining to metalinguistics) · pl metajęzykowy (pertaining to metalinguistics) · pl metajęzykowy (treating words as words, rather than interacting with their meaning) · it metalinguistico (treating words as words, rather than interacting with their meaning) · hu metanyelvi (treating words as words, rather than interacting with their meaning) · it metalinguistico (pertaining to metalinguistics)