metasemiotic
/ˌmɛtəˌsɛmɪˈɒtɪk/ /ˌmɛtəˌsiːmɪˈɒtɪk/Semiotics
noun
A semiotics which deals with or describes another semiotics.
adjective
Originally: designating or relating to the function of language in which a signifier is transferred from its normal signified; metaphorical. Now usually: of or relating to the description or analysis of a semiotic system.
Origin
1950s. From meta- + semiotic noun.
- put someone on to
- put someone (or something) through their (or its) paces
- put someone out
- put someone out to pasture
- put someone's eyes out
- put someone's nose out of joint
- put someone's (or have one's) ass in a sling
- put someone/thing on the map
- put someone/thing out of one's mind
- put someone/thing out of their misery
- put someone/thing to flight
- put someone/thing to the test
- put someone through
- put someone through the wringer (or the mangle)
- put someone to
- put someone to bed
- put someone to death
- put someone to shame
- put someone to sleep
- put someone under
- put someone up
- put someone up to
- put something about
- put something across
- put something aside