| Lemma | displaced speech |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Bloomfield (1935) |
| Titolo | Language |
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| Citazioni | The child has now embarked upon abstract or 'displaced speech': he names a thing even when that thing is not present. People very often utter a word like 'apple' when no apple at all is present. We may call this 'displaced speech'. |