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any language or symbolic system used to discuss, describe, or analyze another language or symbolic system.
Origin of metalanguage
1935-40; meta- + language Unabridged
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  • The teachers also seem to believe that metalanguage should be used for learners of all proficiency levels.
  • metalanguage, for example, is a language used to describe another language.
  • The case appears to be that learners learn language as one thing and metalanguage as another.
  • The teaching method relied heavily on explicit instruction and essential metalanguage.
British Dictionary definitions for metalanguage


Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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metalanguage in Technology

1. [theorem proving] A language in which proofs are manipulated and tactics are programmed, as opposed to the logic itself (the "object language"). The first ML was the metalanguage for the Edinburgh LCF proof assistant.
2. [logic] A language in which to discuss the truth of statements in another language.

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