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metalinguistics
1. The branch of linguistics that deals with the study of metalanguages.
2. The branch of linguistics that deals with the relation between a language and other aspects of a particular culture.
This entry is located in the following units: -ics, -tics [-ac after i] (page 24) linguo-, lingu-, lingua-, -linguist, -linguistic, -linguistical, -linguistically + (page 6)