- met|a|lin|guis|tics
- met|a|lin|guis|tics «MEHT uh lihng GWIHS tihks», noun.a branch of linguistics that studies social, educational, and other cultural factors related to or involving language; exolinguistics.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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metalinguistics — met•a•lin•guis•tics [[t]ˌmɛt ə lɪŋˈgwɪs tɪks[/t]] n. (used with a sing. v.) ling. the study of the relation between languages and the other cultural systems they refer to • Etymology: 1945–50 … From formal English to slang
