| Lemma | meaning |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Nida (1951) |
| Titolo | A system for the description of semantic elements |
| Sinonimi | |
| Rinvii | ethnolinguistic environment (inglese) linguistic environment (inglese) |
| Traduzioni | |
| Citazioni | The meaning of a form is describable in terms of the situations in which it is used, i.e. in terms of its ethnolinguistic environment [...] fundamentally we are describing the meaning of a form in terms of its ethnolinguistic distribution. Every form has a meaning derived from its linguistic context, and some forms have meanings which are describable almost wholly in terms of this linguistic context. There is no meaning apart from form. |