metalanguage

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any language or vocabulary of terms used to describe or analyze a language or linguistic process. countable,uncountable
    — In order to talk or theorise about phenomena, one inevitably uses a language that is in effect a metalanguage, a special instance of language that allows the theorist to stand back and describe what is happening.
  2. Any similar language used to define a programming language countable,uncountable

词形变化

metalanguages plural

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *me
Proto-Indo-European *meth₂?
Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ)
Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor.
English meta-
Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s
Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā
Latin dingua
Latin lingua
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Vulgar Latin -ātus
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Vulgar Latin -icus
Vulgar Latin -āticus
Vulgar Latin -āticum
Vulgar Latin *linguāticum
Old French languagebor.
Middle English langage
English language
English metalanguage
From meta- + language.
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