5 1467 qs metaling ther term metalinguistics comes benjamin lee whorf see books collecteed papers metalinguistics washington 1952 four lectures metalinguistics washington 1952 language thought reality new york 1956 whorf defines branch science studying relations language related phenomena thought society culture includes fields psycho socio ethno neuro linguistics source g l trager article field linguistics studies linguistic occasional papers oclahoma 1949 slight different sense e hamp criticised trager using term metalinguistics field usually called semantics see e hamp glossary american linguistic technical use article called metalinguistis really americanism saussurean tradition term external linguistics preferred opposed internal linguistics whorf microlinguistics corresponding adjective sounds like extralinguistic prefer call branch metalinguistics extralinguistics another meaning term metalinguistics derived metalanguage logical notion comes husserl russel tarski carnap metalinguistics sense defined studying metalanguages prefer use word metalinguistics sense hamp critique one deduc e likes logical tradition sure first best regards sergej krylov ursula doleschal sergej krylov institut f slawische sprachen wirtschaftsuniv wien augasse 9 1090 wien tel 43 131336 4115 fax 43 131336 744