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Meaning of metalinguistic | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. Treating words as words, rather than interacting with their meaning.
    not-comparable
  2. Pertaining to metalinguistics.
    not-comparable

Equivalents

Magyar metanyelvi
Polski metajęzykowy

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

metalish metaliterary metaliterate metallated metallating metalled

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