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.
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Metalinguistic
Synonyms for "metalinguistic" (13 found)
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3 translations across 2 languages.
Hungarian
1 entries- metanyelvi adj (treating words as words, rather than interacting with their meaning)
Polish
2 entries- metajęzykowy adj (treating words as words, rather than interacting with their meaning)
- metajęzykowy adj (pertaining to metalinguistics)
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