DIZIONARIO GENERALE PLURILINGUE
DEL LESSICO METALINGUISTICO



Lemmaelement of speech
Categoria grammaticaleN
Linguainglese
SiglaSapir (1921)
TitoloLanguage
Sinonimi 
Rinviicommunication (inglese)
function (inglese)
individual sound (inglese)
significance (inglese)
significant (inglese)
speech (inglese)
symbol (inglese) 
Traduzioni 
Citazioni

Were the symbol 'house' [...] attached but to the single image of a particular house once seen, it might perhaps [...] be termed an element of speech, yet it is obvious [...] that speech so constituted would have little or no value for purposes of communication.
- Sapir (1921), Pag. 12

[...] the individual sound is not [...] an element of speech at all, for speech is a significant function and the sound as such has no significance.
- Sapir (1921), Pag. 24