| Lemma | formative |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | AG |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Sapir (1921) |
| Titolo | Language |
| Sinonimi | |
| Rinvii | concept (inglese) formal method (inglese) grammatical process (inglese) language (inglese) prefix (inglese) radical element (inglese) reduplication (inglese) suffix (inglese) to embody (inglese) word (inglese) |
| Traduzioni | |
| Citazioni | [...] suffixes do more of the formative work of language than all other methods combined. It will not be necessary to give many [...] examples of prefixing and suffixing. One of each category will suffice to illustrate their formative possibilities. [...] reduplication [...] in English it is not unknown, though it is not generally accounted one of the typical formative devices of our language. [...] the main processes [...] are used by all known languages to affect the fundamental concepts -those embodied in unanalyzable words or in the radical elements of words- by the modifying or formative influence of subsidiary concepts. |