👉 Metalepsis is a concept in linguistics and philosophy that describes how words can be thought of as being connected to each other, rather than separable. It is often used in discussions about the relationship between language and reality, or when discussing how linguistic systems might work if they were real. In linguistics, metalepsis refers to the idea that words can have multiple meanings, or even multiple interpretations, depending on their context. This concept has been influential in discussions of language acquisition,