| Lemma | to mold |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | V |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Sapir (1921) |
| Titolo | Language |
| Sinonimi | |
| Rinvii | accent (inglese) basic concept (inglese) concept (inglese) consciousness (inglese) drift (inglese) form (inglese) genius of language (inglese) grammatical element (inglese) material (inglese) number (inglese) relation (inglese) sentence (inglese) sound (inglese) thought (inglese) word (inglese) |
| Traduzioni | |
| Citazioni | The word is merely a form, a definitely molded entity that takes in as much or as little of the conceptual material of the whole thought as the genius of the language cares to allow. Not only may the feeling-tone change from one age to another [...] but it varies remarkably from individual to individual according to the personal associations of each, varies, indeed, from time to time in a single individual's consciousness as his experiences mold him [...] [...] the idea of number [...] infects much [...] in the sentence, molding [...] concepts, even such as have no intelligible relation to number, into forms that are said to correspond to or 'agree with' the basic concept to which it is attached [...] Every word, every grammatical element, every locution, every sound and accent is a slowly changing configuration, molded by the invisible and impersonal drift [...] |