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Definition of Metalinguistic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Metalinguistic
Literary usage of Metalinguistic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1921)
"This means that the so-called metalinguistic statement " 'Calcutta is a nasty
city' is true" is identical with the statement of object-language "Calcutta is ..."
2. Eternal Possibilities: A Neutral Ground for Meaning and Existence by David Weissman (1977)
"For there it is plain that references to possible worlds are metalinguistic
statements about counterfactuals, eg, sentences describing what the outcome ..."
3. Russian Orthodox Church Of Alaska And The Aleutian Islands And Its Relation by Vyacheslav Ivanov (1998)
"... in his own dialect uses it for metalinguistic purposes describing the relation
between the two dialects and the advantages of creating a unified written ..."
4. Inventing a Classroom: Life in a Bilingual, Whole Language Learning Community by Kathryn F. Whitmore, Caryl G. Crowell (1994)
"The children display a metalinguistic awareness, or the ability to talk about
language, in terms of their discussion process. They recognize that the time ..."
5. Apprenticeship in Literacy: Transitions Across Reading and Writing by Linda J. Dorn, Cathy French, Tammy Jones (1998)
"The research on metalinguistic awareness emphasizes the importance of helping
young children acquire a conscious awareness of the structure and function of ..."
6. The Urban Condition: Space, Community, and Self in the Contemporary Metropolis by Ghent Urban Studies Team (1999)
"A less metalinguistic and more ontological strategy to suggest the hyper- reality
of everyday existence is to be found in the work of Thomas Pynchon. ..."
7. Philosophy, Humanity and Ecology: Vol. 1: Philosophy of Nature edited by J. Odera Oruka (1996)
"... performing referential, emotive, imperative, phatic, metalinguistic and/or
poetic functions, involving an infinity of functionally distinct expressions, ..."
8. Language Assessment and the National Qualifications Framework: Conference by Melissa Vieyra-King, Karen Calteaux (1996)
"A metalinguistic awareness of the relationship between language and power (intersecting
with feminist, anti-colonialist and other critical sociologies) is ..."
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