DIZIONARIO GENERALE PLURILINGUE
DEL LESSICO METALINGUISTICO



Lemmaexpressive symbolism
Categoria grammaticaleN
Linguainglese
SiglaSapir (1929)
TitoloA Study in Phonetic Symbolism
Sinonimi 
Rinviireferential symbolism (inglese) 
Traduzioni 
Citazioni

[...] phonetic difference is [...] felt as somehow directly expressive of [...] difference of meaning [...] We may call this type of symbolism 'expressive' as contasted with the merely 'referential' symbolism [...]
- Sapir (1929), Pag. 61