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j. r. firth

 

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Noun j. r. firth has 1 sense
  1. Firth, J. R. Firth, John Rupert Firth - 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)
    --1 is a kind of linguist, linguistic scientist

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j. r. firth

Part of speech: Proper noun

Sense 1: John Rupert Firth, also known as J. R. Firth, was a British linguist and linguistic anthropologist. He was one of the leading figures of the London School of Linguistics. Firth's work focused on the study of meaning, context, and social aspects of language.

Sample sentence: J. R. Firth's groundbreaking theories in linguistics greatly influenced the field and paved the way for new approaches to understanding language.

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