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Logic Journal of IGPL 1996 4(2):255-272; doi:10.1093/jigpal/4.2.255
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Languages, Meta-languages and METATEM, A Discussion Paper

HOWARD BARRINGER, GRAHAM GOUGH, DEREK BROUGH, DOV GABBAY, IAN HODKINSON, ANTHONY HUNTER, RICHARD OWENS, PETER MCBRIEN, MARK REYNOLDS and MICHAEL FISHER

Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK E-mail:howard.graham{at}cs.man.ac.uk
Department of Computing, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine 180 Queen's Gate, London SW7 2BZ, UK E-mail: drb.dg.imh.abh.rpo{at}doc.ic.ac.uk
King's College, Dept of Computer Science The Strand, London WC2R 2LS E-mail: markr.pjm{at}dcs.kcl.ac.uk
Department of Computing, Manchester Metropolitan University Chester Street, Manchester M1 5GD, United Kingdom E-Mail: M.Fisher{at}doc.mmu.ac.uk

Meta-languages are vital to the development and usage of formal systems, and yet the nature of meta-languages and associated notions require clarification. Here we attempt to provide a clear definition of the requirements for a language to be a meta-language, together with consideration of issues of proof theory, model theory and interpreters for such a language.


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