JOHN RUPERT FIRTH

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• JOHN RUPERT FIRTH (noun)
  The noun JOHN RUPERT FIRTH has 1 sense:

1. English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960)

  Familiarity information: JOHN RUPERT FIRTH used as a noun is very rare.

• JOHN RUPERT FIRTH (noun)

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Meaning:

English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Firth; J. R. Firth; John Rupert Firth

Instance hypernyms:

linguist; linguistic scientist (a specialist in linguistics)