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What is Roman Jakobson best known as?

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Roman Jakobson was a linguist best known for his work on phonology, the study of the sound systems of languages. He developed Theory of distinctive features, which describes the basic sounds of all languages in terms of their contrasts with other sounds. He also made important contributions to the study of poetics, the study of the nature of poetry.
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