Specialized vs Metalanguage - What's the difference?
specialized | metalanguage |
(specialize)
(linguistics, translation studies, critical theory) Any language or vocabulary of specialized terms used to describe or analyze a language or linguistic process.
* 2005 , Michael Cronin, Training for the New Millennium: Pedagogies for translation and interpreting , edited by Martha Tennent, Benjamins Translation Library, p. 255:
(computing) Any similar language used to define a programming language.
As a adjective specialized
is highly skilled in a specific field.As a verb specialized
is (specialize).As a noun metalanguage is
(linguistics|translation studies|critical theory) any language or vocabulary of specialized terms used to describe or analyze a language or linguistic process.specialized
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Alternative forms
* specialised (non-Oxford British spelling)Verb
(head)metalanguage
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(wikipedia metalanguage)Noun
- In order to talk or theorise about phenomena, one inevitably uses a language that is in effect a metalanguage , a special instance of language that allows the theorist to stand back and describe what is happening.