The term ‘metalinguistic’ is used to define the kind of ability whereby people for various purposes view language as an object. It is strongly associated with consciousness and touches on many aspects of literacy, multilingualism and language acquisition. Discussions in the research literature have generally been on specific aspects of metalinguistic knowledge: the time is ripe for a more fundamental reassessment focusing on how exactly metalinguistic ability is represented and processed on line, and how it fits in with other kinds of representation and processing. To this end, a particular theoretical perspective that takes into account contemporary research in cognitive science, the Modular Cognition Framework, will be applied with the aim of supporting further empirical investigations into this area of language ability and locating it within an integrated approach to cognition in general. Finally, the usefulness of metalinguistic knowledge will be briefly considered.

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使用一种或多种语言的人对元语言知识的认知状况

“元语言学”一词用于定义人们出于各种目的将语言视为对象的能力。它与意识密切相关，涉及识字、多语言和语言习得的许多方面。研究文献中的讨论通常集中在元语言知识的特定方面：现在是时候进行更基本的重新评估，重点关注元语言能力是如何在线表示和处理的，以及它如何与其他类型的表示和处理相适应。为此，考虑到当代认知科学研究的特殊理论视角，模块化认知框架，应用的目的是支持对该语言能力领域的进一步实证研究，并将其定位在一般认知的综合方法中。最后，将简要考虑元语言知识的有用性。