Metalanguage and Identity: From Narration to Reflection

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David Evans (Liverpool Hope University, UK) Manel Herat (Liverpool Hope University, UK)

Metalanguage and Identity

From Narration to Reflection

David Evans (Liverpool Hope University, UK), Manel Herat (Liverpool Hope University, UK)

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Bloomsbury Academic
16 October 2025

Sociolinguistics; Semantics

How does language attain to rear view reflection and then timeless analysis? How does language garner its conceptualisation in order to do this?

This book is an exploration of the process in which everyday narrative language can become reflective and then analytical. Narrative language is viewed as a way of ‘becoming’ within the flow of time and therefore life.

Evans and Herat show that there are levels in language that correspond with conceptual structures existing in the mind and in wider society, which shape the formation of a metalanguage. They explore how metaphor is an important creative tool in raising language to a more conceptual level in the constitution of a metalanguage. The book considers the development of different strands of metalanguage, for example, mind-based logic, physically based metaphor and universal grammar, to provide a fuller account of language and identity by challenging sweeping existential accounts of language.

By studying the formation and application of metalanguage, the authors show it can help develop a more questioning, dialogic critical pedagogy in education to accustom students to develop critical awareness.

By: David Evans (Liverpool Hope University UK), Manel Herat (Liverpool Hope University, UK)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 158mm, Width: 164mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 960g
ISBN: 9781350497856
ISBN 10: 1350497851
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 16 October 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

David Evans is Honorary Research Fellow in the Faculty of Education and Social Sciences at Liverpool Hope University, UK. Manel Herat is Senior Lecturer in English and Linguistics in the Faculty of Creative Arts and Humanities and a core member of the Centre for Culture and Disability Studies at Liverpool Hope University, UK.

Reviews for Metalanguage and Identity: From Narration to Reflection

A thought-provoking work that invigorates our understanding of metalanguage, identity, and more. Highly recommended for anyone passionate about (applied) linguistics. * Xuesong (Andy) Gao, Professor, University of New South Wales, Australia *