metalinguisticallyadv.
/ˌmɛtəlɪŋˈɡwɪstᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌmɛdəˌlɪŋˈɡwɪstək(ə)li/ According to metalinguistic criteria.
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1951 Philos. Rev. 60 301 Even if we formulate our theses metalinguistically we must choose our use of the words ‘is reducible to’ and ‘is not reducible to’.
1952 R. M. Hare Lang. Morals i. iii. 38 Some hypothetical imperatives might be analysed metalinguistically.
1977 World Politics 29 570 Symbols are metalinguistically ambiguous units in that they are parts of the object language that function at the level of metalanguage.
1992 Lexicography 5 i. 37 Finderlist headwords..are really semantic labels, used metalinguistically but corresponding in form to ordinary expressions of the dictionary target language.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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