metalanguage

As nouns the difference between metalanguage and language

is that metalanguage is any language or vocabulary of specialized terms used to describe or analyze a language or linguistic process while language is a body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.

As a verb language is

to communicate by language; to express in language.

As nouns the difference between metalanguage and jargon

is that metalanguage is any language or vocabulary of specialized terms used to describe or analyze a language or linguistic process while jargon is a technical terminology unique to a particular subject.

As a verb jargon is

to utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds.

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.

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and metalanguage

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while metalanguage is (linguistics|translation studies|critical theory) any language or vocabulary of specialized terms used to describe or analyze a language or linguistic process.

As nouns the difference between metalanguage and metasyntax

is that metalanguage is (linguistics|translation studies|critical theory) any language or vocabulary of specialized terms used to describe or analyze a language or linguistic process while metasyntax is the syntax of a metalanguage.

Metalexicography is a related term of metalanguage.

As nouns the difference between metalanguage and metalexicography

is that metalanguage is any language or vocabulary of specialized terms used to describe or analyze a language or linguistic process while metalexicography is the study of lexicography.

As nouns the difference between metalanguage and metametalanguage

is that metalanguage is (linguistics|translation studies|critical theory) any language or vocabulary of specialized terms used to describe or analyze a language or linguistic process while metametalanguage is a language used to define, analyze, or describe a metalanguage.

As nouns the difference between metalanguage and metasemantics

is that metalanguage is any language or vocabulary of specialized terms used to describe or analyze a language or linguistic process while metasemantics is the part of metalanguage that deals with semantics.