Editing Meta (prefix) (section)

==Abstraction and self-reference==
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[[File:Humoristic grafitti (cropped).jpg|alt=Graffiti on a wall reading "Things I hate: 1. Vandalism 2. Irony 3. Lists"|thumb|An example of [[self-referential humor]] on a wall in Paris, which requires an understanding of both the text and the transcending context through which the text is read]]
Any subject can be said to have a ''[[metatheory]]'', a theoretical consideration of its properties – such as its [[wikt:foundation|foundation]]s, [[wikt:method|method]]s, [[wikt:form|form]], and [[utility]] – on a higher level of abstraction. In linguistics, grammar is considered to be a [[metalanguage]]: a language operating on a higher level to describe properties of the plain language, and not itself.