metalanguage
Sign in to saveIn logic and linguistics, a metalanguage is a language used to describe another language, often called the object language. Expressions in a metalanguage are often distinguished from those in the object language by the use of italics, quotation marks, or writing on a separate line. The structure of sentences and phrases in a metalanguage can be described by a metasyntax. For example, to say that the word "noun" can be used as a noun in a sentence, one could write "noun" is a .
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- Types of metalanguage
- <span class="anchor" id="Embedded metalanguage"></span> Embedded
- Ordered
- Nested
- In natural language
- Types of expressions
- Deductive systems
- Metavariables
- Metatheories and metatheorems
- Interpretations
- Role in metaphor
- Metaprogramming
- See also
- Dictionaries
- References
- External links
In logic and linguistics, a metalanguage is a language used to describe another language, often called the object language. Expressions in a metalanguage are often distinguished from those in the object language by the use of italics, quotation marks, or writing on a separate line. The structure of sentences and phrases in a metalanguage can be described by a metasyntax. For example, to say that the word "noun" can be used as a noun in a sentence, one could write "noun" is a .
== Types of metalanguage==