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Lemma  formal distinction 
Categoria grammaticale  N 
Lingua  inglese 
Opera  Sapir (1921) 
Sinonimi   
Rinvii  form (inglese)
functional distinction (inglese)
phonetic process (inglese)  
Traduzioni   
Citazioni 

There is still a third cause for the rise of [...] nonsignificant differences of form. This is the mechanical operation of phonetic processes, which may bring about formal distinctions that have not and never had a corresponding functional distinction.
- Sapir (1921), a pag.100

In Yana the third person of the verb makes no formal distinction between singular and plural.
- Sapir (1921), a pag.105

 
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