God could then have dispelled their ignorance by revealing to them that He had issued those commands; the fact of the occurrence of the earlier commandings would be the content of the revelation.
Autology, the reflexive naming or mention of an expression, differs qualitatively from other modes of reference in which expressions are used. This, however, does not mean that autology is marginalized as a form of metalinguistic discourse, restricted to language about language. Autology is unique to language: it is not found in nonhuman semiotic systems.
Hmmmm...I don't know about the combo...I've never tried that...but I love Xans and Valiums...well until I OD'd on Valiums and almost died...now I'm afraid of all pills...
'Tis chastity, my brother, chastity:
She that has that is clad in complete steel,
And, like a quivered nymph with arrows keen,
May trace huge forests, and unharboured heaths […]