Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. 
 English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960); 
[syn: Firth, J. R. Firth, John Rupert Firth]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
J. R. Firth
    n 1: English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics
         and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his
         insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context
         (1890-1960) [syn: Firth, J. R. Firth, John Rupert
         Firth]