Talk:Metalanguage

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149.167.148.77 18:34, 21 November 2006 (UTC)Metalanguage recently survived vfd. See: Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Ah Liveto Domun, etc. -- Wile E. Heresiarch 16:31, 3 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Just noticed the link to Michael Reddy is about a football player. I am a little suspicious that the same person is also a linguist. 66.153.117.118 22:09, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Copyediting

I did a lot of copyediting on this article. With no insult intended, here are some tips to the original writer, whoever they might be:

• Don't capitalize something unless it's a proper name or is typically capitalized in other modern writing. In particular, capitalizing Important Concepts is not standard writing, and will lead to incorrect links to other articles. Deco 03:31, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
• You must leave a blank line between paragraphs in wiki syntax, or else they will run together into a single paragraph.
• Omit needless words. If you can rearrange how you say something to say it in half as many words, do so — it saves the reader time and makes the writing more forceful.
• Spellcheckers are your friend.

I hope this helps, if you read it. I agree with most of the people on VfD who said this article describes a notable concept. Deco 03:31, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Bad link

in section called "Role in metaphor" Michael Reddy is said to have proven something in 1979 but the link given leads to a football player born in 1980. I am new to wikipedia and I dont know how to fix the problem myself.

[edit] Can this be cleared up and clarified perhaps with a glossary and more examples?

This seems to the layperson very hard to understand. Can someone please clarify with a re-working, plus some real life examples? thankyou. 149.167.148.77 18:34, 21 November 2006 (UTC)