| Lemma | semantic continuity vs. semantic discontinuity |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Weinreich (1963) |
| Titolo | "On the Semantic Structure of Language" |
| Sinonimi | |
| Rinvii | designatum (inglese) language (inglese) semantic component (inglese) |
| Traduzioni | |
| Citazioni | We may [...] introduce the notion of semantic continuity. A semantic system is continuous if for every sign A ( c1 • c2 • . . . cn) there is a sign A’ adequately defined as A ( c’1 • c2 • . . . cn) ― that is, by changing one of the components of the designatum of A [...]. Contrariwise, there is a semantic discontinuity when a change of a component ci to c’i fails to yield a designatum of some sign in the given language. |