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J. R. FIRTH
I. (noun)
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)
Synonyms:
Firth; J. R. Firth; John Rupert Firth
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Instance hypernyms:
linguist; linguistic scientist (a specialist in linguistics)