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gricean

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gricean
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to Paul Grice (1913-1988), British-educated philosopher of language, who helped to found the linguistic field of pragmatics.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Grice + -an.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more Gricean (comparative) most Gricean (superlative)

Phrases

Gricean maxims neo-Gricean non-Gricean

Questions

What does gricean mean?
Of or pertaining to Paul Grice (1913-1988), British-educated philosopher of language, who helped to found the linguistic field of pragmatics.
Where does gricean come from?
From Grice + -an.

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