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Jakobson

[yah-kuh b-suh n]
noun
  1. Ro·man [roh-mahn, -muh n] /ˈroʊ mɑn, -mən/, 1896–1982, U.S. linguist and scholar, born in Russia.
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  • Jakobson refused to ascertain any "private property" in the praxis of language.

    The Civilization of Illiteracy

    Mihai Nadin

British Dictionary definitions for jakobson

Jakobson

noun
  1. Roman (Osipovič). 1896–1982, US linguist, born in Russia. His publications include Children's Speech (1941) and Fundamentals of Language (1956)
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