Parts of speech: no absolute classification possible noun and verb. Order and stress as relating principles in the sentence. Categories expressed in various grammatical systems. Tendency for these types of concepts to flow into each other. Classification of linguistic concepts: basic or concrete, derivational, concrete relational, pure relational. The mixing of essential relational concepts with secondary ones of more concrete order. How the same sentence may be expressed in other languages with striking differences in the selection and grouping of concepts. Inconsistent expression of analogous concepts. Functional variations of stress of pitch.Īnalysis of a typical English sentence. Internal vocalic change consonantal change. Phonetic patterns.įormal processes as distinct from grammatical functions. How and where consonants are articulated. The articulating organs and their share in the production of speech sounds: lungs, glottal cords, nose, mouth and its parts. The cognitive, volitional, and emotional aspects of speech. The word has a real psychological existence. The word a formal, not a functional unit. Words and significant parts of words (radical elements, grammatical elements). Is thought possible without language? Abbreviations and transfers of the speech process. Futility of interjectional and sound-imitative theories of the origin of speech. Language a cultural, not a biologically inherited, function. (kopiert aus dem Inhaltsverzeichnis, apud ) chapter Edward Sapir, Language Aufbau des Buches Language
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