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metalinguistics


meta·lin·guis·tics

noun pl but singular in constr \-tiks\

Definition of METALINGUISTICS

: a branch of linguistics that deals with the relation between language and other cultural factors in a society

First Known Use of METALINGUISTICS

1949

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