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Jakobson

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Ja·kob·son  (yäkb-sn), Roman 1896-1982.
Russian-born American linguist. A founder of modern structural linguistics and modern phonology, he was particularly influential in the fields of Slavic languages, phonology, and poetics.

Jakobson [ˈjɑːkəbsən]
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(Biographies / Jakobson, Roman (Osipovič) (1896-1982) M, USnational of birth: Russian, LANGUAGE: linguist) Roman (Osipovič). 1896-1982, US linguist, born in Russia. His publications include Children's Speech (1941) and
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Noun1.Jakobson - United States linguist (born in Russia) noted for his description of the universals of phonology (1896-1982)


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Jakobson (Jakobson 2000[1959]) what takes place first: the original is conventionally translated into another simplified "original.
Prominent Linguist Roman Jakobson defined poetry by the predominance of what he called "self-reference.
 
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