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Lemma  delimiting function 
Categoria grammaticale  N 
Lingua  inglese 
Opera  Sapir (1921) 
Sinonimi   
Rinvii  composition (inglese)
form (inglese)
language (inglese)
prefix (inglese)
sentence (inglese)
significant (inglese)
suffix (inglese)  
Traduzioni   
Citazioni 

In a great many languages composition is confined to what we may call the delimiting function, that is, of the two or more compounded elements one is given a more precisely qualified significance by the others, which contribute nothing to the formal build of the sentence.
- Sapir (1921), a pag.66

The suffix '-te', which indicates the future, is no more necessary to its formal balance than is the prefixed 're-' of the Latin word; it is not an element that is capable of standing alone but its function is materially delimiting rather than strictly formal.
- Sapir (1921), a pag.69

 
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