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rhematic
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[], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- In the work of American philosopher C. S. Peirce (1839-1914): having the nature of a rheme; expressing a particular concept or idea.
- Of a part of a sentence: that provides new information about the theme or topic of an utterance or discourse, carrying the most pragmatically significant semantic content; that constitutes a rheme.
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Origin
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early 19th century (in an earlier sense). From Hellenistic Greek ῥηματικός from ancient Greek ῥηματ-, ῥῆμα word, verb + -ικός
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