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Lemma  to color 
Categoria grammaticale  V 
Lingua  inglese 
Opera  Sapir (1921) 
Sinonimi  change (inglese)  
Rinvii  language (inglese)
morphology (inglese)
phonetic law (inglese)  
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In 'foti' 'feet' the long 'o' was colored by the following 'i' to long 'ö', that is, 'o' kept its lip-rounded quality and its middle height of tongue position but anticipated the front tongue position of the 'i' [...]
- Sapir (1921), a pag.174

In 'musi' 'mice' the long 'u' was colored by the following 'i' to long 'ü'. This change also was regular [...]
- Sapir (1921), a pag.175

[...] a simple phonetic law, meaningless in itself, may eventually color or transform large reaches of the morphology of a language.
- Sapir (1921), a pag.191

[...] there is nothing to show that it is anywhere entering into the lexical heart of other languages as French has colored the English complexion or as Arabic has permeated Persian and Turkish.
- Sapir (1921), a pag.194

 
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