Quirkian
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Of or relating to Randolph Quirk (1920–2017), British linguist who championed a descriptive approach toward English grammar.
"Naturally, such an interpretation must remain a wholly subjective matter even if one were to follow to their logical limits the clusters of Foucauldian and Quirkian beliefs about languages[…]"
Example
More examples"Naturally, such an interpretation must remain a wholly subjective matter even if one were to follow to their logical limits the clusters of Foucauldian and Quirkian beliefs about languages[…]"
Etymology
From Quirk + -ian.
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