metalinguistic

English

Etymology

meta- +‎ linguistic

Adjective

metalinguistic (not comparable)

(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.
Pertaining to metalinguistics.

Derived terms

metalinguistically

Translations

treating words as words, rather than interacting with their meaning

Hungarian: metanyelvi (hu)
Polish: metajęzykowy

pertaining to metalinguistics

Polish: metajęzykowy

See also

metalanguage

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