John Rupert Firth

Definitions of John Rupert Firth
  1. noun
    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)
    synonyms: Firth, J. R. Firth
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    linguist, linguistic scientist
    a specialist in linguistics
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