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Roman Jakobson Gold
Russian linguist (1896–1982)
Roman Jakobson was a Russian linguist (1896–1982). Born 1896 in Moscow. Associated with Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Masaryk University.
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Common questions
- Who is Roman Jakobson?
- Roman Jakobson was a Russian linguist (1896–1982). Born 1896 in Moscow. Associated with Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Masaryk University.
- What does Roman Jakobson do?
- Roman Jakobson is known as linguist, literary scholar, pedagogue.
- Where did Roman Jakobson study?
- Roman Jakobson studied at Faculty of History and Philology of Moscow University.
- What are Roman Jakobson's skills?
- linguistics, structuralism, poetics, morphology, Russian literature, philology.
- When was Roman Jakobson born?
- Roman Jakobson was born on 1896-09-28 in Moscow.
- What awards has Roman Jakobson received?
- Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, 2nd class, Guggenheim Fellowship, Knight of the Legion of Honour, doctor honoris causa from the University of Grenoble, honorary doctorate from the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, and 3 more.
Career and education
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Offices and positions
- president of the Linguistic Society of America
Education
- Faculty of History and Philology of Moscow University
- philosophy faculty of the German university of Prague
Public life
Gold- Born
- 1896-09-28, Moscow
- Died
- 1982-07-18, Cambridge
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union, United States
- Occupations
- linguist, literary scholar, pedagogue, historian, writer, critic, teacher, philologist, scientist, university teacher, slavist
- Affiliations
- Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
- Also known as
- Roman Osipovič Jakobson
Achievements
SilverAwards
- Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, 2nd class
- Guggenheim Fellowship 1946
- Knight of the Legion of Honour 1947
- doctor honoris causa from the University of Grenoble 1966
- honorary doctorate from the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis 1966
- honorary doctorate of the Masaryk University 1968
- Feltrinelli Prize 1980
- Hegel Prize 1982
Profile
- Languages
- English, Russian, Swedish, Norwegian, Czech
- Expertise
- linguistics, structuralism, poetics, morphology, Russian literature, philology, literary studies
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