Uddrag fra Semantics. Scope, Definitions, Methods, [Nice1951] 046-0610

A comprehensive inventory of significants in language seems to be : 1, words; 2, elements of words, which may be called morphemes, e.g. stem, aspect, tense, mood and person, also number of person, in Latin amavissem; 3, combinations of words, e.g. a black swan, or a white crow; 40 sentence intonations ; Yes. Yes ? Yes ! 5. parts of sentence intonations, e.g. Yes, but will he come ? (Statement plus question.).