Usually means: Study of language about language.
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  1. metalinguistics: Merriam-Webster
  2. metalinguistics: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. metalinguistics: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. metalinguistics: Collins English Dictionary
  5. metalinguistics: Wiktionary
  6. metalinguistics: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. metalinguistics: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. metalinguistics: Dictionary.com
  9. Metalinguistics: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. metalinguistics: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  The branch of linguistics that studies language and its relationship to culture and society.

Similar:
sociolinguistics, macrolinguistics, linguistics, metalinguist, sociolinguist, socioling, linguistic anthropology, linguistic ecology, metalanguage, sociolx, more...

Opposite:
paralinguistics, extralinguistics, nonlinguistic

Types:
pragmatics, semantics, syntax, morphology, phonology, more...

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Similar:
sociolinguistics, macrolinguistics, linguistics, metalinguist, sociolinguist, socioling, linguistic anthropology, linguistic ecology, metalanguage, sociolx, more...

Opposite:
paralinguistics, extralinguistics, nonlinguistic

Types:
pragmatics, semantics, syntax, morphology, phonology, more...



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