metapragmatics

English

Etymology

From meta- +‎ pragmatics; coined by linguistic anthropologist Michael Silverstein (1945–2020).

Noun

metapragmatics (uncountable)

  1. Language that characterizes or describes the pragmatic function of some speech.
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