metalanguage

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Any language or vocabulary of specialized terms used to describe or analyze a language or linguistic process

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.

Any similar language used to define a programming language
a language that can be used to describe languages
The language in which we talk about a formal language The "target" of the metalanguage is called the object language See object language
A language used to describe metadata
A language used to talk about or describe a language SGML is a metalanguage for HTML
A language that describes other languages SGML and XML can be considered metalanguages because they define markup languages
In linguistics, the words and expressions that people use to describe or refer to language can be called metalanguage. words that are used for talking about or describing language
A language for defining other languages
A metalanguage is used to describe another language XML and SGML are known as metalanguages They provide a standard, formal syntax for markup, without prescribing the nature of the elements used Their extensibility means that the choice of elements is up to the author
the communication protocol used by two or more cooperating modules A metalanguage includes interface definitions for associated channel operations, control block structures, and service calls, as well as bindings to the use of UDI trace events and the definition of various types of UDI instance attributes E g , the SCSI Metalanguage is used for communication between SCSI peripheral drivers and SCSI HBA drivers; and the USBDI Metalanguage is used for communication between USB peripheral drivers and the USBD driver layer When refering to a metalanguage used by a particular type of driver the adjectives "top-side" and "bottom-side" are sometimes applied: e g , the SCSI Metalanguage is the top-side metalanguage for SCSI HBA drivers; the USBDI Metalanguage is the bottom-side metalanguage for USB peripheral drivers
A language that represents another language Example: AFP can represent the native file system commands and data structures of many types of computers
A formal language like SGML that is used to describe other languages
The "language of language" See Exploring Language, page 165
Any language or vocabulary of specialized terms used to describe or analyze a language
Metalanguage is a definition or description of language
A language used to communicate information about language itself; many experts consider both SGML and XML to be metalanguages because they can be used to define markup languages
A language used to talk about a language

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metalanguages
plural of metalanguage
metalanguage

    Hyphenation

    met·a·lan·guage

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    [ 'me-t&-"la[ng]-gwij ] (noun.) 1936. meta- +‎ language
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