Firthian
English
Etymology
Firth + -ian
Adjective
Firthian (comparative more Firthian, superlative most Firthian)
- Of or relating to John Rupert Firth (1890–1960), English linguist.
- 2013, Oliver Niebuhr, Understanding Prosody: The Role of Context, Function and Communication, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 201:
- In the Firthian conception, prosodies are phonological units with a structural domain.
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Derived terms
- neo-Firthian