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metametalanguage

Definitions

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  • noun A language used to define, analyze, or describe a metalanguage.

Etymologies

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From meta- +‎ metalanguage, by analogy with metalanguage (which from meta- +‎ language).

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Examples

  • Tarski does not prove this cumbersome fact in a metametalanguage, and he helpfully contents himself with showing how a few of the biconditionals would be established in the metalanguage.

    Alfred Tarski Gómez-Torrente, Mario 2006

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