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metalinguistics definition

☆ meta·lin·guis·tics (met′ə liŋ gwis′tiks)

noun

the branch of linguistics dealing with relations between language and other elements of a culture

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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