| Lemma | environment |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Sapir (1921) |
| Titolo | Language |
| Sinonimi | |
| Rinvii | element of speech (inglese) expression (inglese) speech (inglese) |
| Traduzioni | |
| Citazioni | [...] remove the newborn individual from the social environment into which he has come and transplant him to an utterly alien one. He will develop the art of walking [...] But his speech will be completely at variance with the speech of his native environment. There is no discernible instinctive basis in human speech as such, however much instinctive expressions and the natural environment may serve as a stimulus for the development of certain elements of speech [...] |