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Givonian

Givonian adjective: of or relating to Thomas Givon (born 1936), linguist and writer, and one of the founders of functionalism in linguistics.

Adjective

Givonian (comparative more Givonian, superlative most Givonian)

  1. Of or relating to Thomas Givon (born 1936), linguist and writer, and one of the founders of functionalism in linguistics.

Forms of Givonian

comparativemore Givonian
superlativemost Givonian

Origin of Givonian

From Givon + -ian.

Questions about Givonian

What does Givonian mean?
Givonian means of or relating to Thomas Givon (born 1936), linguist and writer, and one of the founders of functionalism in linguistics.
What part of speech is Givonian?
Givonian is an adjective.

Words near Givonian in the dictionary

  1. giving with one hand and taking away with the other
  2. giving zero fucks
  3. givingness
  4. givings
  5. givinostat
  6. Givonian
  7. givosiran
  8. Givrins
  9. GIWTWM
  10. gixy
  11. giyf

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