| Lemma | sign/al |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Sapir (1921) |
| Titolo | Language |
| Sinonimi | |
| Rinvii | element of experience (inglese) element of language (inglese) meaning (inglese) outer (inglese) sequence (inglese) significant (inglese) sound of language (inglese) speech (inglese) symbol (inglese) |
| Traduzioni | |
| Citazioni | This 'element' of experience is the [...] 'meaning' of the linguistic unit; the associated auditory, motor, and other cerebral processes that lie immediately back of the act of speaking and the act of hearing speech are merely a complicated symbol of or signal for these 'meanings,' of which more anon. The true, significant elements of language are generally sequences of sounds [...] What distinguishes each of these elements is that it is the outward sign of a specific idea [...] |