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Meaning of post-Bloomfieldian in English:

post-Bloomfieldian

Pronunciation /ˌpəʊs(t)bluːmˈfiːldɪən/

adjective

Linguistics

  • Subsequent to the work of the American linguist Leonard Bloomfield (1887–1949), specifically designating or relating to American structural linguistics in the 1950s.

noun

Linguistics

  • A follower or adherent of the American structuralist school of linguistics which developed in the 1950s.

Origin

1960s; earliest use found in Fred Householder (b. 1913). From post- + Bloomfieldian.