| Lemma | delimiting function |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Sapir (1921) |
| Titolo | Language |
| Sinonimi | |
| Rinvii | composition (inglese) form (inglese) language (inglese) prefix (inglese) sentence (inglese) significant (inglese) suffix (inglese) |
| Traduzioni | |
| Citazioni | In a great many languages composition is confined to what we may call the delimiting function, that is, of the two or more compounded elements one is given a more precisely qualified significance by the others, which contribute nothing to the formal build of the sentence. The suffix '-te', which indicates the future, is no more necessary to its formal balance than is the prefixed 're-' of the Latin word; it is not an element that is capable of standing alone but its function is materially delimiting rather than strictly formal. |