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metalinguistics

metalinguistics noun: the branch of linguistics that studies language and its relationship to culture and society.

Noun

metalinguistics (uncountable)

  1. The branch of linguistics that studies language and its relationship to culture and society.

Origin of metalinguistics

From meta- + linguistics.

Questions about metalinguistics

What does metalinguistics mean?
Metalinguistics means the branch of linguistics that studies language and its relationship to culture and society.
What part of speech is metalinguistics?
Metalinguistics is a noun.

Words near metalinguistics in the dictionary

  1. metaling
  2. metalingual
  3. metalinguist
  4. metalinguistic
  5. metalinguistically
  6. metalinguistics
  7. metalinguists
  8. metalise
  9. metalised
  10. metalises
  11. metalish

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