| Lemma | formal feature |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Harris (1951) |
| Titolo | Methods in Structural Linguistics |
| Sinonimi | |
| Rinvii | discourse (inglese) feature (inglese) limitation upon succession of sentences (inglese) sample language (inglese) utterance (inglese) |
| Traduzioni | |
| Citazioni | There are limitations upon successions of sentences by one speaker, characteristic features marking the beginnings and ends of long discourses by one speaker, special features of the succession of utterances among different speakers in natural and in hurried conversations, and the like. For the incidence of formal features of this type only long discourses or conversations can serve as sample of the language. |