| Lemma | universe of discourse |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Harris (1951) |
| Titolo | Methods in Structural Linguistics |
| Sinonimi | |
| Rinvii | analysis (inglese) dialect (inglese) discourse (inglese) language (inglese) method of descriptive linguistics (inglese) statement (inglese) utterance (inglese) |
| Traduzioni | |
| Citazioni | The universe of discourse for a descriptive linguistic investigation is a single language or dialect. The universe of discourse for each statement in the descriptive analysis is a single whole utterance in the language in question. The methods of descriptive linguistics do not reveal or express everything which a speaker can communicate to a hearer in less than a whole utterance, since the universe of discourse is an utterance […]. |