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Roman Osipovich Jakobson (‹See Tfd› Russian: Рома́н О́сипович Якобсо́н, IPA: [rɐˈman ˈosʲɪpəvʲɪt͡ɕ (j)ɪkɐpˈson]; 11 October [O.S. 29 September] 1896 – 18 July 1982) was a Russian and naturalised American linguist and literary theorist.
Roman Jakobson was a Russian born American linguist and Slavic-language scholar, a principal founder of the European movement in structural linguistics known as the Prague school. Jakobson extended the theoretical and practical concerns of the school into new areas of study.
Roman Osipovich Jakobson (October 11, 1896 - July 18, 1982) was a Russian thinker who became one of the most influential linguists of the twentieth century by pioneering the development of structural analysis of language, poetry, and art.
Roman Osipovich Jakobson (1896–1982) famously characterized himself as a “Russian philologist. Period.” He arranged for his gravestone to be engraved simply with the words “Roman Jakobson—RUSSKIJ FILOLOG.” Jakobson’s Russianness, and his love of language and literature, are beyond dispute.
Roman Jakobson defined six functions of language (or communication functions), according to which an effective act of verbal communication can be described. [2] Each of the functions has an associated factor.
Roman O. Jakobson (Роман Осипович Якобсон, 1896-1982) was a linguist, formalist, and literary theorist. Contents. His work helped to define modern linguistics and gain its recognition as an independent science.
Overview. Roman Jakobson. (1896—1982) Russian-born American linguist. Quick Reference. Best known for his contributions to phonology, Jakobson was born on 11 October 1896 in Moscow, and died in Boston on 18 July 1982. It was in Moscow that he ... From: Jakobson, Roman in International Encyclopedia of Linguistics »
Roman Jakobson, a towering figure of linguistic science for most of the 20th century, died on July 18, 1982 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the age of 85. Although primarily a linguist, Jakobson was a scholar of great versatility and
Jakobson has been the most prominent Slavist of our time. Jakobson's most important contribution to the Slavic studies pertained first and foremost to the area of the Russian oral epos and written medieval
Roman Jakobson (1896-1982) When Roman Osipovich Jakobson died on July 18, 1982, less than three months short of his 86th birthday, he left behind a remarkable record in many fields. He was without doubt the greatest Slavist of the 20th century; many would argue that he was also the greatest linguist of this century.
