Jakobson developed structuralism, an approach pioneered by whom?
Ferdinand de Saussure
Michael Silverstein
Dell Hymes
Noam Chomsky
Answer
Ferdinand de Saussure was a Swiss linguist who is considered to be the father of structuralism. Structuralism is a theoretical approach to the study of language that focuses on the relationship between the elements of a language and the way that they are organized. Jakobson was a student of Saussure and developed his own theory of structuralism, which he applied to the study of poetry.
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Whose semiotics, communication theory and cybernetics informed Jakobson's investigation methods?
Jakobson extended the principles and techniques of linguistic analysis to the study of which aspects?
Roman Jakobson was a pivotal figure in adapting structural analysis to which disciplines?
Whose influence significantly decreased in the 1970s even though Jakobson's work continued to receive attention?
When did Roman Jakobson die?
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