metalanguagen.

Brit.

/ˈmɛtəˌlaŋɡwɪdʒ/, U.S.

/ˈmɛdəˌlæŋɡwɪdʒ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: meta- prefix, language n.

Etymology: < meta- prefix + language n., after German Metasprache (A. Tarski 1935, in Studia Philosophica 1 282), itself after Tarski's Polish coinage metajęzyk (1931). Compare French métalangage (1946), méta-langue (1954).

Chiefly Logic and Linguistics.

A language or set of terms used for the description or analysis of another language. See also meta-metalanguage n., and cf. object language n.

ΚΠ

1936 K. Grelling in Mind 45 486 The concepts analytic and contradictory in the language L, for instance, cannot be defined in L, as Carnap has shown. In order to escape from these restrictions one must build up a new language (a so-called meta-language) disposing of more means of expressing thoughts than the former.

1948 L. Hjelmslev in Studia Linguistica 1 75 This would mean, in logistic terms, that linguistics is a metalanguage of the first degree, whereas phonetics and semantics are metalanguages of the second degree.

1954 A. J. Ayer Philos. Ess. 12 Particulars, considered as occasions, would be referred to only at the level of the meta-language; when it was a question not of using the language, but of talking about its use.

1973 Computers & Humanities 7 223 Each segment is analyzed as to content and translated into a ‘meta-language’, which allows unambiguous comparisons among the variant readings.

1994 Lang. in Society 23 357 This brings up issues of universals vs. particulars in discourse markers, and in metalanguage in general.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	metalanguage
释义	metalanguagen. Brit. /ˈmɛtəˌlaŋɡwɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈmɛdəˌlæŋɡwɪdʒ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: meta- prefix, language n. Etymology: < meta- prefix + language n., after German Metasprache (A. Tarski 1935, in Studia Philosophica 1 282), itself after Tarski's Polish coinage metajęzyk (1931). Compare French métalangage (1946), méta-langue (1954). Chiefly Logic and Linguistics. A language or set of terms used for the description or analysis of another language. See also meta-metalanguage n., and cf. object language n. ΚΠ 1936 K. Grelling in Mind 45 486 The concepts analytic and contradictory in the language L, for instance, cannot be defined in L, as Carnap has shown. In order to escape from these restrictions one must build up a new language (a so-called meta-language) disposing of more means of expressing thoughts than the former. 1948 L. Hjelmslev in Studia Linguistica 1 75 This would mean, in logistic terms, that linguistics is a metalanguage of the first degree, whereas phonetics and semantics are metalanguages of the second degree. 1954 A. J. Ayer Philos. Ess. 12 Particulars, considered as occasions, would be referred to only at the level of the meta-language; when it was a question not of using the language, but of talking about its use. 1973 Computers & Humanities 7 223 Each segment is analyzed as to content and translated into a ‘meta-language’, which allows unambiguous comparisons among the variant readings. 1994 Lang. in Society 23 357 This brings up issues of universals vs. particulars in discourse markers, and in metalanguage in general. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1936
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