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Lemma  functional mediator 
Categoria grammaticale  N 
Lingua  inglese 
Opera  Sapir (1921) 
Sinonimi  mediating element (inglese)  
Rinvii  affix (inglese)
concrete concept (inglese)
derivational concept (inglese)
radical element (inglese)
to express (inglese)
word (inglese)  
Traduzioni   
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The concreteness of experience is infinite, the resources of the richest language are strictly limited. It must perforce throw countless concepts under the rubric of certain basic ones, using other concrete or semi-concrete ideas as functional mediators.
- Sapir (1921), a pag.84

The ideas expressed by [...] mediating elements -they may be independent words, affixes, or modifications of the radical element -may be called 'derivational' or 'qualifying.'
- Sapir (1921), a pag.83

 
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