| Lemma | drift |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Harris (1942b) |
| Titolo | Review of "Language, Culture and Personality: essays in memory of Edward Sapir". Edited by L. Spier, A. I. Hallowell, S. S. Newman. Menasha, Wisconsin: Sapir memorial Publication Fund, 1941 |
| Sinonimi | |
| Rinvii | borrowing (inglese) |
| Traduzioni | |
| Citazioni | Vogelin also suggests that Sapir’s idea of drift in languages, to explain parallel independent developments in non-contiguous related languages, is connected with his idea that parallel developments in contiguous languages arise from genetic identity, not from borrowing. |