| Lemma | fluctuation of a form |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Nida (1948) |
| Titolo | The identification of morphemes |
| Sinonimi | |
| Rinvii | acceptability (inglese) overlap (inglese) productivity vs. non-productivity (inglese) |
| Traduzioni | |
| Citazioni | Any body of material sufficiently extensive to serve adequately as a basis for descriptive analysis must include fluctuations of forms, which are symptomatic of different degrees of acceptability. Synchronic contrasts of this kind are closely allied to contrasts of productivity vs. non-productivity. [...] we are forced to treat fluctuations of forms in some way within the framework of our descriptive statements. |