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“A new era in the physiological investigation of linguistic sounds was opened up by X-ray photography.”

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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. more

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