metalinguistic utterance

Sources

• HOLMES 1992 286

  HOLMES, Janet. (1992) An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. New York: Longman.

• QUIRK etal. 1985 618 (metalinguistic comment)

  QUIRK, Randolph, GREENBAUM, Sidney, LEECH, Geoffrey, & SVARTNIK, Jan. (1985) A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language. London: Longman.