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metalanguage definition

meta·lan·guage (met′ə laŋ′gwij)

noun

Linguis. a language used to describe or discuss another language

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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