Roman Jakobson
Roman Jakobson
Roman Osipovich Jakobsonwas a Russian–American linguist and literary theorist...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth11 October 1896
CountryRussian Federation
strictly
From a strictly articulatory point of view there is no succession of sounds.
coming following instead latter perceived sound sounds
Instead of following one another the sounds overlap; a sound which is acoustically perceived as coming after another one can be articulated simultaneously with the latter or even in part before it.
photography eras rays
A new era in the physiological investigation of linguistic sounds was opened up by X-ray photography.
two acoustics sound
Linguistic sounds, considered as external, physical phenomena have two aspects, the motor and the acoustic.
fundamentals bilingualism language
Bilingualism is for me the fundamental problem of linguistics.
symbolism sound language
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.
progress language study
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.
axes two succession
Every linguistic sign is located on two axes: the axis of simultaneity and that of succession.
numbers different firsts
At first acoustics attributed to the different sounds only a limited number of characteristic features.
identity problem classification
It is once again the vexing problem of identity within variety; without a solution to this disturbing problem there can be no system, no classification.
acoustics sound mystery
Acoustic phonetics, which is developing and increasing in richness very rapidly, already enables us to solve many of the mysteries of sound, mysteries which motor phonetics could not even begin to solve.