rhematic

Meanings

1. The provision of new information regarding the current theme.
2. In the work of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834): the doctrine or study of arranging words into sentences clearly.

1. Of or pertaining to a rheme.
2. Of a part of a sentence: providing new information regarding the current theme.
3. Of or pertaining to a sumisign.
4. Of or pertaining to word formation.
5. In Coleridge's work: relating to the arrangement of words into sentences clearly.
6. Having a verb for its base; derived from a verb.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ῥηματικός (rhēmatikós, “verbal, pertaining to verbs”), from Ancient Greek ῥηματ- (rhēmat-), ῥῆμα (rhêma, “verb (grammar), word”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic; suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to, in the manner of’”).