John Rupert Firth

john·ru·pert·firth

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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)

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Firth
J. R. Firth
John Rupert Firth

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linguist

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noun
singular	john rupert firth
plural	john rupert firths

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