Definition of object language in US English:
object language
nounˈɑbdʒək(t) ˌlæŋɡwɪdʒˈäbjək(t) ˌlaNGɡwij
1A language described by means of another language.
Compare with metalanguage, target language
Example sentencesExamples
- He rejects the infinite hierarchy of meta-languages underlying English in favor of one formal object language having an infinite hierarchy of partial interpretations.
- Carnap was aware that the symbol N is definable only in the meta-language, not in the object language.
- As Grover puts it, prosentences function ‘at the level of the object language.’
- Tarski's theory of truth relies crucially on the distinction between object languages and meta-languages, and so semantics generally seems to be necessarily a meta-discipline.
2Computing
A language into which a program is translated by means of a compiler or assembler.