单词 | meta-talk |
释义 | meta-talkn. Originally: any higher-order discussion about language. Now usually: hidden meanings or significance in a conversation, etc. Cf. metacommunication n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > [noun] > indirect body language1885 metacommunication1951 meta-talk1953 metamessage1960 1953 Mind 62 378 The meta-talk abounds in contextual and behavioural terminology. 1961 Philos. Q. 11 256 There appears to be no reason why such a language should not be taught directly to children without any of this meta-talk about the language which I have been giving. 1974 G. I. Nierenberg & H. H. Calero (title) Meta-talk: guide to hidden meanings in conversation. 1980 ELH 47 175 His manipulation of such codes..mirrors a more insidious production of meta-talk in the corporate world. 1992 Vancouver Sun 10 Dec. d3/1 The couple sometimes talk in overlapping dialogue as they offer their..unvoiced thoughts as they express, in meta-talk, what they think is acceptable to the other. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). meta-talkv. rare. intransitive. To engage in higher-order discussion about (the language used by) a subject, person, etc.; to talk about talking. ΚΠ 1948 W. Sellars in Philos. & Phenomenol. Res. 8 610 In so far as Jones himself ‘recognizes’ that the story is the story of his world, the sentences in which this recognition is formulated belong at a higher linguistic level than the sentences which describe his world... For the time being we shall meta-talk about Jones, ignoring the fact that Jones must meta-talk about himself. Derivatives ˈmeta-talking n. ΚΠ 1993 Contemp. Sociol. 22 876/2 The introduction..and chapter 10..underscore the tension between talking and metatalking. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1953v.1948 |
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