rhematicn.adj.

Brit.

/riːˈmatɪk/,

/rɪˈmatɪk/, U.S.

/rəˈmædɪk/,

/riˈmædɪk/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek ῥηματικός.

Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek ῥηματικός < ancient Greek ῥηματ- , ῥῆμα word, verb (see rheme n.) + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare rheme n.

Chiefly Linguistics.

†A. n.

Coleridge's notional term for: the study or application of clarity and perspicuity of expression in sentences. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > [noun] > study or science of

syntaxis1540

syntax1548

rhematic1820

semiotics1880

syntagmatics1936

syntactics1937

lexotactics1966

1820–1 S. T. Coleridge Notebks. (1990) IV. 4771 Grammatic the scheme & instrument of connecting words significantly, the Meta-grammatic Rhematic, the Doctrine of arranging words and sentences perspicuously.

1824 S. T. Coleridge Notebks. (1990) IV. §5133 The Science not yet named, lying between Grammar & Rhetoric, and for which as being ῥηματων συνταξις [sc. ‘arrangement of words’] I proposed the title of Rhematic.

a1834 S. T. Coleridge Specimens of Table Talk (1835) I. 207 The object of rhetoric is persuasion,—of logic, conviction,—of grammar, significancy. A fourth term is wanting, the rhematic, or logic of sentences.

B. adj.

†1. In Coleridge: of or relating to rhematic (see sense A.). Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

a1826 S. T. Coleridge Marginalia (1980) I. 621 Lack of skill and mastery in both the Rhematic and Logical composition and sequency of Words.

†2. Of or relating to the formation of words. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > [adjective]

rhematic1841

word-formative1877

word-formational1933

1841 H. Doherty Introd. Eng. Gram. App. 226 He had but a partial knowledge of the real principles of rhematic mechanism: he was not aware of the superiority that results from the declensions in the forms of words as far as regards complex mechanism.

1867 F. M. Müller Chips from German Workshop II. xvi. 9 This period, during which expressions were coined for the most necessary ideas,..forms the first in the history of man,..and we call it the Rhematic Period.

1882 L. Campbell & W. Garnett Life J. C. Maxwell 379 I think a good deal may be learned from the names of colours,..and I think it is remarkable that the rhematic instinct has been so much more active..on the less refrangible side of primary green.

1893 H. A. Guerber Myths Greece & Rome xxx. 382 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.

†3. Derived from a verb. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > verb > [adjective] > derived from a verb

rhematic1877

deverbal1946

deverbative1949

1877 F. Hall Eng. Adj. in -able 47 Such [adjectives in -able] as are derived from verbs deserve the precedence. And these, to avoid the ambiguousness of the term verbal, I shall take leave to denominate rhematic.

1899 PMLA 14 359 As to render, the O.F. rendre coming into English should have lost its infinitive termination (cf. defend, offend), but it did not do so, presumably in conformity to the rhematic noun render.

a. Logic. In the work of American philosopher C. S. Peirce (1839-1914): having the nature of a rheme; expressing a particular concept or idea. rare.

ΚΠ

c1903 C. S. Peirce in Coll. Papers (1932) II. ii. ii. 147 A Rhematic Indexical Legisign [e.g. a demonstrative pronoun] is any general type or law..which requires each instance of it to be really affected by its Object in such a manner as merely to draw attention to that Object.

c1903 C. S. Peirce in Coll. Papers (1932) II. ii. ii. 148 A Rhematic Symbol or Symbolic Rheme [e.g., a common noun] is a sign connected with its Object by an association of general ideas in such a way that its Replica calls up an image in the mind which image, owing to certain habits or dispositions of that mind, tends to produce a general concept, and the Replica is interpreted as a Sign of an Object that is an instance of that concept.

1931 Psyche 11 123 Symbols or types as used to signify concepts or universals constitute the rhematic or descriptive element in a proposition.

1994 D. L. Gorlée Semiotics & Probl. Transl. viii. 165 A rhematic sign is a sign of possibility,..is not true or false, gives no real information about the object.

b. Linguistics. 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 (rheme n. 2). Frequently opposed to thematic (thematic adj. 1e).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic unit or constituent > [adjective] > relating to theme or rheme

rhematic1957

thematic1959

topic-comment1964

1957 J. Firbas in Sborník Prací Filosofické Fakulty Brnĕnské Univ. 6 72 Those sentence elements which convey the new piece of information..are referred to in this paper as the rheme of the sentence. Needless to say, the thematic elements are..less dynamic than the rhematic elements.

1959 J. Firbas in Brno Stud. in Eng. 1 39 The thematic elements are less important..than the rhematic elements.

1969 K. H. Wagner Generative Gram. Stud. Old Eng. Lang. i. 49 Although there can be no definite proof, it is to be assumed that the rhematic constituent carries the primary stress.

1977 J. Lyons Semantics II. xii. 507 There is a very high correlation..between occupying initial position and being thematic, rather than rhematic.

2001 K. Wales Dict. Stylistics (ed. 2) 344 The rheme or rhematic element carries most semantic importance in the utterance, most commonly coinciding with new information, and in English at least, occurring in focus position towards the end of the utterance.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rhematic
释义	rhematicn.adj. Brit. /riːˈmatɪk/, /rɪˈmatɪk/, U.S. /rəˈmædɪk/, /riˈmædɪk/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek ῥηματικός. Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek ῥηματικός < ancient Greek ῥηματ- , ῥῆμα word, verb (see rheme n.) + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare rheme n. Chiefly Linguistics. †A. n. Coleridge's notional term for: the study or application of clarity and perspicuity of expression in sentences. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > [noun] > study or science of syntaxis1540 syntax1548 rhematic1820 semiotics1880 syntagmatics1936 syntactics1937 lexotactics1966 1820–1 S. T. Coleridge Notebks. (1990) IV. 4771 Grammatic the scheme & instrument of connecting words significantly, the Meta-grammatic Rhematic, the Doctrine of arranging words and sentences perspicuously. 1824 S. T. Coleridge Notebks. (1990) IV. §5133 The Science not yet named, lying between Grammar & Rhetoric, and for which as being ῥηματων συνταξις [sc. ‘arrangement of words’] I proposed the title of Rhematic. a1834 S. T. Coleridge Specimens of Table Talk (1835) I. 207 The object of rhetoric is persuasion,—of logic, conviction,—of grammar, significancy. A fourth term is wanting, the rhematic, or logic of sentences. B. adj. †1. In Coleridge: of or relating to rhematic (see sense A.). Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ a1826 S. T. Coleridge Marginalia (1980) I. 621 Lack of skill and mastery in both the Rhematic and Logical composition and sequency of Words. †2. Of or relating to the formation of words. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > [adjective] rhematic1841 word-formative1877 word-formational1933 1841 H. Doherty Introd. Eng. Gram. App. 226 He had but a partial knowledge of the real principles of rhematic mechanism: he was not aware of the superiority that results from the declensions in the forms of words as far as regards complex mechanism. 1867 F. M. Müller Chips from German Workshop II. xvi. 9 This period, during which expressions were coined for the most necessary ideas,..forms the first in the history of man,..and we call it the Rhematic Period. 1882 L. Campbell & W. Garnett Life J. C. Maxwell 379 I think a good deal may be learned from the names of colours,..and I think it is remarkable that the rhematic instinct has been so much more active..on the less refrangible side of primary green. 1893 H. A. Guerber Myths Greece & Rome xxx. 382 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. †3. Derived from a verb. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > verb > [adjective] > derived from a verb rhematic1877 deverbal1946 deverbative1949 1877 F. Hall Eng. Adj. in -able 47 Such [adjectives in -able] as are derived from verbs deserve the precedence. And these, to avoid the ambiguousness of the term verbal, I shall take leave to denominate rhematic. 1899 PMLA 14 359 As to render, the O.F. rendre coming into English should have lost its infinitive termination (cf. defend, offend), but it did not do so, presumably in conformity to the rhematic noun render. 4. a. Logic. In the work of American philosopher C. S. Peirce (1839-1914): having the nature of a rheme; expressing a particular concept or idea. rare. ΚΠ c1903 C. S. Peirce in Coll. Papers (1932) II. ii. ii. 147 A Rhematic Indexical Legisign [e.g. a demonstrative pronoun] is any general type or law..which requires each instance of it to be really affected by its Object in such a manner as merely to draw attention to that Object. c1903 C. S. Peirce in Coll. Papers (1932) II. ii. ii. 148 A Rhematic Symbol or Symbolic Rheme [e.g., a common noun] is a sign connected with its Object by an association of general ideas in such a way that its Replica calls up an image in the mind which image, owing to certain habits or dispositions of that mind, tends to produce a general concept, and the Replica is interpreted as a Sign of an Object that is an instance of that concept. 1931 Psyche 11 123 Symbols or types as used to signify concepts or universals constitute the rhematic or descriptive element in a proposition. 1994 D. L. Gorlée Semiotics & Probl. Transl. viii. 165 A rhematic sign is a sign of possibility,..is not true or false, gives no real information about the object. b. Linguistics. 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 (rheme n. 2). Frequently opposed to thematic (thematic adj. 1e). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic unit or constituent > [adjective] > relating to theme or rheme rhematic1957 thematic1959 topic-comment1964 1957 J. Firbas in Sborník Prací Filosofické Fakulty Brnĕnské Univ. 6 72 Those sentence elements which convey the new piece of information..are referred to in this paper as the rheme of the sentence. Needless to say, the thematic elements are..less dynamic than the rhematic elements. 1959 J. Firbas in Brno Stud. in Eng. 1 39 The thematic elements are less important..than the rhematic elements. 1969 K. H. Wagner Generative Gram. Stud. Old Eng. Lang. i. 49 Although there can be no definite proof, it is to be assumed that the rhematic constituent carries the primary stress. 1977 J. Lyons Semantics II. xii. 507 There is a very high correlation..between occupying initial position and being thematic, rather than rhematic. 2001 K. Wales Dict. Stylistics (ed. 2) 344 The rheme or rhematic element carries most semantic importance in the utterance, most commonly coinciding with new information, and in English at least, occurring in focus position towards the end of the utterance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1820
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