Author : Roman Jakobson
Release : 2002
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 836/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Fundamentals of Language by : Roman Jakobson
Download or read book Fundamentals of Language written by Roman Jakobson. This book was released on 2002. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Jakobson and Halle's initial statement of the principles of linguistic organization should be made available to all future generations of linguists. It builds a solid foundation for Saussurean thinking about linguisic oppositions and establishes distinctive feature theory as the basis of their formal treatment." Prof. Dr. William Labov, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Linguistics