metalinguistn.
/ˌmɛtəˈlɪŋɡwɪst/, U.S. /ˌmɛdəˈlɪŋɡwɪst/ A person who studies metalinguistics.
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ethnolinguist1946
metalinguist1951
1951 G. L. Trager & H. L. Smith Outl. Eng. Struct. 83 The Metalinguist can turn it [sc. a datum] into a conclusion by clearly identifying out the microlinguistic characteristics of the speech.
1963 Philos. Q. 13 53 A suitable context is provided when Boswell or anyone else writes a token of the sentence [‘Dr. Johnson kicked a stone’] for the metalinguist.
1999 Jakarta Post (Nexis) 23 July Metalinguist, comedian and folksinger.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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