metalinguistic

English

Etymology

From meta- +‎ linguistic.

Adjective

metalinguistic (not comparable)

1. (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.

2. 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