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Roman Jakobson, born on October 11, 1896 in Russia and died on July 18, 1982 in the United States, was one of the most outstanding linguists of the 20th century. He is renowned for his contributions to structuralism, transformational-generative grammar, and semiotics.

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“Bilingualism is for me the fundamental problem of linguistics.”

Problem Language Fundamentals Linguistics Bilingualism

Book:Selected Writings: Word and Language

Source: Selected Writings: Word and Language

“In poetic language, in which the sign as such takes on an autonomous value, this sound symbolism becomes an actual factor and creates a sort of accompaniment to the signified.”

Values Language Sound Factors Poetic Symbolism Autonomous

Author:Roman Jakobson

“Speech sounds cannot be understood, delimited, classified and explained except in the light of the tasks which they perform in language.”

Light Language Sound Speech Understood Tasks

Author:Roman Jakobson

“A linguist deaf to the poetic functions of language and a literary scholar indifferent to linguistics are equally flagrant anachronisms.”

Language Function Poetic Scholar Indifferent Deaf Linguistics Linguists Anachronism

Book:Language in Literature

Source: Language in Literature

“Languages differ essentially in what they must convey and not in what they may convey.”

Book:Language in Literature

Source: Language in Literature

“Semantics, or the study of meaning, remained undeveloped, while phonetics made rapid progress and even came to occupy the central place in the scientific study of language.”

Made Language Study Progress Rapids Semantics Phonetics

Author:Roman Jakobson

About the Author

Born: October 11, 1896
Died: July 18, 1982
Known for: Linguist
Quotes: 19

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