JOHN RUPERT FIRTH

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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)

Synonyms:

Firth; J. R. Firth; John Rupert Firth

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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

linguist; linguistic scientist (a specialist in linguistics)

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