| Lemma | convenient |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | AG |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Sapir (1921) |
| Titolo | Language |
| Sinonimi | |
| Rinvii | arbitrary (inglese) expression (inglese) form (inglese) grammar (inglese) medium (inglese) significance (inglese) symbol (inglese) word (inglese) |
| Traduzioni | |
| Citazioni | [...] the word must denote, tag off, the image, must have no other significance than to serve as a counter to refer to it whenever it is necessary or convenient to do so. [...] the speech element 'house' is the symbol [...] not of a single perception [...] of a 'concept,' [...] of a convenient capsule of thought that embraces thousands of distinct experiences and that is ready to take in thousands more. [...] those who read and think without the slightest use of sound imagery are [...] dependent on it. They are merely handling the circulating medium [...] of visual symbols as a convenient substitute for the economic goods and services of the fundamental auditory symbols [...] |