In reconsidering the presentation of 'LiC' [Weinreich, U., 1967, Languages in Contact. Findings and Problems, Columbia University, Mouton & Co.], it seems useful to make a forthright distinction between SYNTAGMATIC and PARADIGMATIC factors in phonic interference. The former pertain to relations between sounds in a sequence, i.e. in the spoken chain. The latter concern relations between sounds in the pattern, i.e. sounds which might occur at a given point in the spoken chain.
- Weinreich (1957), a pag.2