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metalanguage

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Subject Linguistics

DOI: 10.1111/b.9780631214823.1999.x


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is language about language. Grammars, dictionaries, linguistics and applied linguistics are all metalinguistic; so are mundane remarks such as ‘what does this word mean?’, ‘he mumbles’ etc. This reflexiveness allows language to be both the means and the object of description. Metalanguage is essential to any conscious consideration of a language being learned. ( 1977 ), Semantics . 2 vols. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press . [Chapter 1.] . ... log in or subscribe to read full text

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Encyclopedic Dictionary of Applied Linguistics



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