Jakobson

[ yah-kuhb-suhn ]

noun
  1. Ro·man [roh-mahn, -muhn], /ˈroʊ mɑn, -mən/, 1896–1982, U.S. linguist and scholar, born in Russia.

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Jakobson

/ (ˈjɑːkəbsən) /


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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