rhematic
Americanadjective
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pertaining to the formation of words.
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pertaining to the rheme of a sentence.
Etymology
Origin of rhematic
1855–60; < Greek rhēmatikós belonging to a word, equivalent to rhēmat- (stem of rhêma ) word + -ikos -ic
Example Sentences
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The most learned of all these philologists argues that during the first or Rhematic period, there existed a tribe in Central Asia which spoke a monosyllabic language, in which lay the germs of the Turanian, Aryan, and Semitic forms of speech.
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Rhematic, rē-mat′ik, adj. derived from a verb.—n. the doctrine of propositions.
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A field for study—Three divisions of language—Rhematic period—Origin of—Various theories—Change of—Views of Ancients—Number of—Comparative permancy of written language.
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Rhematic, that period when men first began to coin expressions for the most necessary ideas.
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A fourth term is wanting, the rhematic, or logic of sentences.
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