In order to talk or theorise about phenomena, one inevitably uses a language that is in effect a metalanguage, a special instance of language that allows the theorist to stand back and describe what is happening.
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Metalanguage
Synonyms for "metalanguage"
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9 entriesTranslations
39 translations across 22 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- метаези́к noun (linguistical term)
Catalan
1 entries- metallenguatge noun (linguistical term)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 元語言 /元语言 noun (linguistical term)
- 元語言 /元语言 noun (computing term)
- 形而上語言 /形而上语言 noun (linguistical term)
- 形而上語言 /形而上语言 noun (computing term)
Czech
1 entries- metajazyk noun (linguistical term)
Finnish
2 entries- metakieli noun (linguistical term)
- metakieli noun (computing term)
French
2 entries- métalangage noun (linguistical term)
- métalangage noun (computing term)
German
2 entries- Metasprache noun (linguistical term)
- Metasprache noun (computing term)
Greek
2 entries- μεταγλώσσα noun (linguistical term)
- μεταγλώσσα noun (computing term)
Hungarian
1 entries- metanyelv noun (linguistical term)
Icelandic
2 entries- hjálparmál noun (linguistical term)
- lýsimál noun (computing term)
Irish
2 entries- meititheanga noun (linguistical term)
- meititheanga noun (computing term)
Italian
2 entries- metalingua noun (computing term)
- metalinguaggio noun (linguistical term)
Japanese
2 entries- メタ言語 noun (linguistical term)
- メタ言語 noun (computing term)
Kazakh
1 entries- метатіл noun (linguistical term)
Polish
2 entries- metajęzyk noun (linguistical term)
- metajęzyk noun (computing term)
Portuguese
2 entries- metalinguagem noun (linguistical term)
- metalinguagem noun (computing term)
Russian
2 entries- метаязы́к noun (linguistical term)
- метаязы́к noun (computing term)
Slovak
1 entries- metajazyk noun (linguistical term)
Swedish
1 entries- metaspråk noun (linguistical term)
Thai
2 entries- อภิภาษา noun (linguistical term)
- อภิภาษา noun (computing term)
Turkish
2 entries- üstdil noun (linguistical term)
- üstdil noun (computing term)
Ukrainian
2 entries- метамо́ва noun (linguistical term)
- метамо́ва noun (computing term)
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