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metalanguage
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A language used to describe another language.

1.metalanguage - [theorem proving] A language in which proofs are manipulated and tactics are programmed, as opposed to the logic itself (the "object language"). The first ML was the metalanguage for the Edinburgh LCF proof assistant.
2.metalanguage - [logic] A language in which to discuss the truth of statements in another language.
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Reddy (1979) labeled this understanding of literacy and communication as the conduit metaphor where feelings, thoughts, and understanding are transferred from one person to another through the conduits of individual communicative activity that rely on linguistic competence.
Second language literacy and communicative activity by Mantero, Miguel / Academic Exchange Quarterly
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