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metalinguistic
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met·a·lin·guis·tic  (mt-lng-gwstk)
adj.
Of or relating to a metalanguage or to metalinguistics.

meta·lin·guisti·cal·ly adv.
Translations
metalinguistic [ˌmetəlɪŋˈgwɪstɪk] ADJmetalingüístico


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This lack of depth of knowledge may be related to a lack of understanding about the purposes and usefulness of being able to think metalinguistically.
The story it tells and the object it describes refer symbolically and metalinguistically to the novel as a whole or to some aspect of its significance" (Riffaterre 1990: 131).
The fourth is that metalinguistically it may provide a point of learner reflection that potentially leads learners "to control and internalize linguistic knowledge" (ibid.
 
 
 
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