metalinguistic awareness

a conscious awareness of the formal properties of language as well as its functional and semantic properties. It is associated with a mature stage in language and metacognitive development (see metacognition) and does not usually develop until around age 8. The arrival of metalinguistic awareness is often signaled by an interest in puns and word games. Also called linguistic awareness.

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