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Roman Jakobson
Roman Jakobson
Russian Scientist
Born: Oct 11, 1896
Died: Jul 18, 1982
Acoustic Language Light Linguistic Value Which
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Every linguistic sign is located on two axes: the axis of simultaneity and that of succession. Roman Jakobson
Every Located Sign Linguistic Succession Axes Axis Two
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. Roman Jakobson
Language Value Sign Poetic Factor Takes Sort Becomes Sound Autonomous Which Creates Actual Symbolism
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. Roman Jakobson
Progress Language Made Phonetics Rapid Remained Study Scientific Occupy Came Semantics Place Central While Meaning Even
A new era in the physiological investigation of linguistic sounds was opened up by X-ray photography. Roman Jakobson
Photography Physiological Investigation Opened New New Era Era Sounds Linguistic Up
From a strictly articulatory point of view there is no succession of sounds. Roman Jakobson
Strictly Point Point Of View Sounds View Succession
Speech sounds cannot be understood, delimited, classified and explained except in the light of the tasks which they perform in language. Roman Jakobson
Light Language Classified Except Perform Understood Sounds Tasks Cannot Which Explained Speech

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