Jakobson
Americannoun
noun
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The linguist Roman Jakobson called this stage of language acquisition “tongue delirium.”
From New York Times • May 5, 2020
Jakobson says he could strum his guitar and make up a song on the spot about the flies that happened to land on his arm.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2019
The pioneering structuralist Roman Jakobson had famously promulgated six functions to language, but he hinted at the possible existence of a seventh, one in which words acquired the persuasive force of incantations or magic spells.
From Washington Post • Aug. 22, 2017
The definitive study on “mama and papa” as universal terms was conducted by Russian linguist Roman Jakobson.
From Salon • May 13, 2013
Jakobson refused to ascertain any "private property" in the praxis of language.
From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai
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