| Lemma | variation |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Hjelmslev (1961) |
| Titolo | Prolegomena to a Theory of Language |
| Sinonimi | |
| Rinvii | combination (inglese) variant (inglese) |
| Traduzioni | |
| Citazioni | ‘Variations’ are defined as combined variants, since they are not presupposed by, and do not presuppose, any definite entities as coexisting in the chain; variations contract combination. If the articulation of a localized variety into variations is carried out down to the individual specimen, an irreducible variation is reached, and the articulation into variations is exhausted. The “free” variants we shall here call ‘variations’, and the “bound” variants ‘varieties’. |