object language

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object language

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object language

(Linguistics) a language described by or being investigated by another language Compare metalanguage

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Noun	1.	object language - a computer language into which something written in another computer language is to be translated target language programing language, programming language - (computer science) a language designed for programming computers
	2.	object language - the language into which a text written in another language is to be translated target language language, linguistic communication - a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols; "he taught foreign languages"; "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written"

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IFF language linguistic communication metalanguage object programing language programming language schema target language			Here Russell disagrees with Wittgenstein and puts forward the idea that one can discuss the semantics of one language, call it the object language, by using a different language, a metalanguage, in which it is possible to talk meaningfully of the relationship between the object language and the world. Hintikka's alternatives by Heidema, Johannes; Labuschagne, Willem / Junctures: The Journal for Thematic Dialogue It consists in the objective study of a language not closely related to our own, and the comparison of the metaphysical implications of the object language with those of ours. "On building a language about language". (Retrospect) by Brown, William Fuller, Jr. / ETC.: A Review of General Semantics Horton recently served as vice president and chief financial officer for EORM, an environmental consulting firm, and for ParcPlace-Digitalk, an object language software and consulting company. Vadem Announces Expansion of Executive Management Team; Company Adds ... by Business Wire			Obeyingly Obfirm Obfirmation obfuscate obfuscation obi obidoxime chloride Obie Obiism Obimbricate obit Obiter obiter dictum Obitual Obituarily obituarist obituary obituary column obituary notice obj. object object ball object code object file object glass object language object lens object lesson object of a preposition object of the verb object program object recognition object relations theory Object staff Object teaching object-oriented object-oriented database object-oriented database management system object-oriented programing object-oriented programing language object-oriented programming object-oriented programming language Objectable objectification objectify objection objectionable objectionableness objectionably Objectist Objectivate			Object Domain Object Editing Object Editor OBject EXchange OBject EXchange OBject EXchange Object Exchange Model Object Exchange Model Template Object file Object file Object file format Object file format Object file formats Object File System Object File System Object files Object Finance object frivolously object glass object glass object glasses object glasses Object Graph Navigation Library Object identifier Object identifier Object Identifier Tree Object Inheritance Beyond Subtyping Object Interaction Graph Object Interchange Format Object Interface Definition Language object language Object Language Bindings Object Language Editor object languages object languages Object Layout Adaption object lens object lens object lesson object lesson object lesson object lessons object lessons object lessons Object Level Trace object library Object Life History Diagram Object Link Provider Object Linking & Embedding Object Linking & Embedding Data Base Object Linking and Embedding Object Linking and Embedding Object Linking and Embedding Control Object Linking and Embedding Data Base Object Linking and Embedding Directory Services Object Lisp Object Management Application Programming Interface Object Management Architecture Object Management Architecture Object Management Architecture Guide Object Management Architecture Reference Model

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