Died 1982-07-18.
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Roman Jakobson
Roman Osipovich Jakobson was a Russian linguist and literary theorist. A pioneer of structural linguistics, Jakobson was one of the most celebrated and influential linguists of the twentieth century. With Nikolai Trubetzkoy, he developed revolutionary new techniques for the analysis of linguistic sound systems, in effect founding the modern discipline of phonology. Jakobson went on to extend simil…
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Born 28 September 1896 · Died 18 July 1982 · Q156201
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1982· 2 entries
Awarded Hegel Prize (1982).
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1980· 1 entry
Awarded Feltrinelli Prize (1980).
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1968· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctorate of the Masaryk University (1968).
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1966· 2 entries
Awarded honorary doctorate from the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis (1966).
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Awarded doctor honoris causa from the University of Grenoble (1966).
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1951· 1 entry
Jointly authored by Roman Jakobson, C
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1949· 1 entry
Jakobson moved to Harvard University, where he remained until his retirement in 1967
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1947· 1 entry
Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (1947).
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1946· 1 entry
Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship (1946).
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1941· 1 entry
To become part of the wider community of intellectual émigrés who fled there
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1940· 1 entry
Walked across the border to Sweden, where he continued his work at the Karolinska Hospital (with works on aphasia and language competence)
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1926· 1 entry
The Prague school of linguistic theory was established by the professor of English at Charles University, Vilém Mathesius, with Jakobson as a founding member and a prime intellectual force (other members included Trubetz
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1920· 1 entry
Where he worked as a member of the Soviet diplomatic mission while continuing with his doctoral studies
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1896· 1 entry
Born 1896-09-28.
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