JohnRupertFirth(1890,Keighley,Yorkshire–1960),commonlyknownasJ.R.Firth,wasanEnglishlinguist.HewasProfessorofEnglishattheUniversityofthePunjabfrom1919-1928.HethenworkedinthephoneticsdepartmentofUniversityCollegeLondonbeforemovingtotheSchoolofOrientalandAfricanStudies,wherehebecameProfessorofGeneralLinguistics,aposition...