metalinguistic

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meta- +‎ linguistic

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metalinguistic (not comparable)

  1. (linguistics) Treating words as words, rather than interacting with their meaning.
    • 2002, Rodney Huddleston, Geoffrey K. Pullum, The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language:
      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.
  2. Pertaining to metalinguistics.

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