rhematic English

Meaning rhematic meaning

What does rhematic mean?

rhematic noun

— (linguistics) The provision of new information regarding the current theme.

— (chiefly, _, linguistics, obsolete, rare) In the work of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834): the doctrine or study of arranging words into sentences clearly.

rhematic adjective

— Of or pertaining to a rheme.

— (linguistics) Of a part of a sentence: providing new information regarding the current theme.

— (Peircean, _, semiotics) Of or pertaining to a sumisign (a sign that represents its object in respect of quality and so, in its signified interpretant, is represented as a character or mark).

— (obsolete) Of or pertaining to word formation.

— (obsolete, rare) In Coleridge's work: relating to the arrangement of words into sentences clearly.

— derived from a verb