DIZIONARIO GENERALE PLURILINGUE
DEL LESSICO METALINGUISTICO



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

The symbolism of language is [...] twofold. By far the greater portion of its recognized content and structure is symbolic in a purely referential sense [...]. But there are other types of linguistic expression that suggest a more fundamental, a psychologically primary, sort of symbolism. [...] We may call this type of symbolism 'expressive' [...]
- Sapir (1929), Pag. 61