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Definition of Rheme
1. Noun. (linguistics) The part of a sentence that provides further information regarding the topic. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rheme
1. a statement of fact or opinion [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rheme
Literary usage of Rheme
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Semantics: Studies in the Science of Meaning by Michel Bréal (1900)
"The answer is that cut is a rheme of character; ... In these inter-actions between
rheme and rheme * both 1 Eg the suggestion that the difference in the ..."
2. Semantics: Studies in the Science of Meaning by Michel Bréal (1900)
"The contention that in " laying hands on," whether applied to a burglar or a
bishop, there is only one rheme, will probably be a shock to some; ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1854)
"rheme, to stretch or extend a substance, U India-rubber will do. ... and the
ponson whe rheme. it. Rode. The proper and sensible way of ..."
4. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1908)
"... is used to express the truth of the proposition resulting from filling the
blanks of the rheme denoted by the top or bottom peg, with indefinite signs ..."
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