of or pertaining to metalinguistics or a metalanguage
Derived forms
metalinguistically
adverb
Word origin
[1940–45; meta- + linguistic]This word is first recorded in the period 1940–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Rh factor, airlift, black box, blockbuster, whiteoutmeta- is a prefix appearing in loanwords from Greek, with the meanings “after,” “alongwith,” “beyond,” “among,” “behind,” and productive in English on the Greek model.Other words that use the affix meta- include: metacarpus, metagenesis, metalinguistics
Examples of 'metalinguistic' in a sentence
metalinguistic
The assessment comprised tests of phonology, speech inconsistency, and metalinguistic abilities.
Tatiane Faria Barrozo, Luciana de Oliveira Pagan-Neves, Nadia Vilela, Renata MotaMamede Carvallo, Haydée Fiszbein Wertzner 2016, 'The influence of (central) auditory processing disorder in speech sound disorders',Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngologyhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1808-86942016000100056&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Some of the participants' metalinguistic ability was compared with their standardized test scores.
Miki Tokunaga 2014, 'Exploring Metalinguistic Knowledge of Low to Intermediate Proficiency EFL Studentsin Japan', SAGE Openhttps://doi.org/10.1177/2158244014553601. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The students were submitted to tests of metalinguistic skills and reading.
Vera Lúcia Orlandi Cunha, Simone Aparecida Capellini 2010, 'Análise psicolinguística e cognitivo-linguística das provas de habilidades metalinguísticase leitura realizadas em escolares de 2ª a 5ª série Psycholinguistic and cognitive-linguisticanalysis of the metalinguistic skills and reading proofs in students from 2nd to 5thgrades of elementary education', Revista CEFAChttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-18462010000500008. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Morphological metalinguistic awareness was not a predictor of vocabulary size.
Carmit Altman, Tamara Goldstein, Sharon Armon-Lotem 2018, 'Vocabulary, Metalinguistic Awareness and Language Dominance Among Bilingual PreschoolChildren', Frontiers in Psychologyhttps://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01953/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The results showed that all three metalinguistic awareness skills significantly predicted reading success.
Tong-Qi Wei, Hong-Yan Bi, Bao-Guo Chen, Ying Liu, Xu-Chu Weng, Taeko N Wydell 2014, 'Developmental changes in the role of different metalinguistic awareness skills inChinese reading acquisition from preschool to third grade.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4014499?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Researchers often use metalinguistic judgments to investigate phonological representations.
Sam Tilsen, Abigail C. Cohn 2016, 'Shared Representations Underlie Metaphonological Judgments and Speech Motor Control',Laboratory Phonologyhttp://www.journal-labphon.org/articles/52. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Should the researcher take into account the numerous metalinguistic remarks that the new media display ?
Wionet Chantal, Steuckardt Agnès, Siouffi Gilles 2012, 'Comment enquêter sur les diachronies courtes et contemporaines ?', SHS Web of Conferenceshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20120100214. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These results are reflected in the scores of the metalinguistic tasks.
Tracy N. Probert 2019, 'A comparison of the early reading strategies of isiXhosa and Setswana first languagelearners', South African Journal of Childhood Educationhttps://sajce.co.za/index.php/sajce/article/view/643. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)