Married to
Sofja Nikolaevna Feldman, Svatava Pirková, Krystyna PomorskaBrother of
Sergej JakobsonColleague(s)
Morris Halle, Nikolaj Trubeckoj, Jurij TynjanovFriend(s)
Vladimir Majakovskij
Roman Jakobson
1896-1982
Russian philologist, pioneer of structural linguistics and phonology. Next to being one of the most significant linguists of the XXth century, he was also influential on literary theory through his involvement with Russian Formalism and the Cercle linguistique de Prague.
Edited Books
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La Geste du Prince Igor: épopée russe du XIIe siècle1948
with Grégoire Henri, Szeftel Marc (ed)
New York, Rausen
Paleosiberian peoples and languages: a bibliographical guide1957
with Beebe John Fred, Hüttl-Worth Gerta (ed)
New Haven, HRAF Press
Description and analysis of contemporary standard Russian: VoL. 11959
with Van Schooneveld Cornelis (ed)
The Hague, Mouton
Trois conférences données à Bucarest les 3 et 6 oct. 19581959
(ed)
Bucarest, Institut de linguistique de l'Académia de la République Populaire Roumaine
Structure of language and its mathematical aspects1961
(ed)
Providence, American Mathematical Society
Tonnies Fenne's low German manual of spoken Russian, Pskov 16071961
with Fenne Tonnies, Hammerich Louis Leonor, Van Den Baar A H, Gernentz Hans Joachim (ed)
Copenhagen, Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters