| Lemma | complex word |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Sapir (1921) |
| Titolo | Language |
| Sinonimi | |
| Rinvii | form (inglese) grammatical element (inglese) radical element (inglese) sequence (inglese) speech (inglese) stress (inglese) synthesis (inglese) word order (inglese) |
| Traduzioni | |
| Citazioni | [...] many [...] languages are not in the least averse to complex word-formations, but may on the contrary effect a synthesis that far surpasses the utmost that Greek and Sanskrit are capable of. Words and elements [...] once they are listed in a certain order [...] are attracted to each other in greater or in less degree. It is [...] this very greater or less that [...] leads to those firmly solidified groups of elements (radical element or elements plus one or more grammatical elements) that we have studied as complex words. Speech is thus constantly tightening and loosening its sequences. In its highly integrated forms [...] the 'energy' of sequence is largely locked up in complex word formations [...] |