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metalinguistic

a. Pertaining to metalinguistics.

Usage examples of "metalinguistic".

Lately I had been able to sort out facial expressions and perceive their metalinguistic signals.

To clarify his satire, Orwell incorporates a series of metalinguistic keys within his text.

When satiric discourse represents the disturbances of culture, the metalinguistic function indicates how language embodies the underlying disorders.

The metalinguistic function in satire implies the equivalence of meaninglessness and social disorder.