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Roman Jakobson was a Russian linguist and literary theorist who is considered one of the most influential figures in the history of linguistics. He was born in Moscow in 1896 and died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1982. Jakobson's work on phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics has had a profound impact on the development of modern linguistics. He is also known for his work on poetics and literary theory.
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