Associations to the word «Metalanguage»

Wiktionary

METALANGUAGE, noun. (linguistics) (translation studies) (critical theory) Any language or vocabulary of specialized terms used to describe or analyze a language or linguistic process.
METALANGUAGE, noun. (computing) Any similar language used to define a programming language.

Dictionary definition

METALANGUAGE, noun. A language that can be used to describe languages.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca