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Roman Jakobson
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Russian linguist (1896–1982)

Also known as: Roman Ossipowitsch Jakobson, Roman Jacobson, Roman Osipovič Jakobson, Roman Osipovich Jakobson, Роман Осипович Якобсон, رومان ياكوبسون

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Known works

  • Language in literature (1987)
  • Child language, aphasia and phonological universals (1968)
  • Fundamentals of language
  • Questions de poétique (1973)
  • Selected Writings (1962)