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J. R. FIRTH
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• J. R. FIRTH (noun)
The noun J. R. 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: J. R. FIRTH used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
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)
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