MEANING
Concerned with language itself as an object of thought, description, or analysis.
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Thinking or talking about language itself rather than its subject matter.Use for analysis of words, grammar, meaning, or language choices as objects of discussion.
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The essay’s metalinguistic focus was the way “home” shifted across dialects.
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