Rheme
noun, Linguistics.
1.
comment (def 7).
noun
1.
(linguistics) the constituent of a sentence that adds most new information, in addition to what has already been said in the discourse. The rheme is usually, but not always, associated with the subject Compare theme (sense 5)
noun
See rhema
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