DIZIONARIO GENERALE PLURILINGUE
DEL LESSICO METALINGUISTICO



Lemmaimpulse
Categoria grammaticaleN
Linguainglese
SiglaSapir (1921)
TitoloLanguage
Sinonimi 
Rinviiexpression (inglese)
form (inglese)
inner (inglese)
instinctive utterance (inglese)
localization (inglese)
organ of speech (inglese)
to express (inglese)
tone (inglese)
utterance (inglese) 
Traduzioni 
Citazioni

In normal individuals the impulse to speech first takes effect in the sphere of auditory imagery and is then transmitted to the motor nerves that control the organs of speech.
- Sapir (1921), Pag. 17

The auditory centers alone may be excited; or the impulse to linguistic expression may be communicated as well to the motor nerves that communicate with the organs of speech [...]
- Sapir (1921), Pag. 18

[...] emphasis, tone, and phrasing, the varying speed and continuity of utterance, the accompanying bodily movements, all these express something of the inner life of impulse and feeling, but [...] these [...] are [...] but modified forms of the instinctive utterance that man shares with the lower animals [...]
- Sapir (1921), Pag. 38