Which two statements apply to 'metalanguage'?
- A. It is a technical language describing the properties of language.
- B. It is a 'first-order' language.
- C. It is a 'second-order' language that replaces a first-order language with metaphors.
- D. It is a 'second-order' language.
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Correct answer: C. A and D only
Explanation
Metalanguage is language about language ('noun', 'phoneme'), a second-order language describing the object language (Jakobson's metalingual function).
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