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Roman Jakobson quotes: Speech sounds cannot be understood, delimited, classified and explained except in the light of the tasks which they perform in language.

Speech sounds cannot be understood, delimited, classified and explained except in the light of the tasks which they perform in language.

Roman Jakobson quotes: The function of poetry is to point out that the sign is not identical to the referent.

The function of poetry is to point out that the sign is not identical to the referent.

Roman Jakobson quotes: A linguist deaf to the poetic functions of language and a literary scholar indifferent to linguistics are equally flagrant anachronisms.

A linguist deaf to the poetic functions of language and a literary scholar indifferent to linguistics are equally flagrant anachronisms.

Roman Jakobson quotes: Every linguistic sign is located on two axes: the axis of simultaneity and that of succession.

Every linguistic sign is located on two axes: the axis of simultaneity and that of succession.

Roman Jakobson quotes: At first acoustics attributed to the different sounds only a limited number of characteristic features.

At first acoustics attributed to the different sounds only a limited number of characteristic features.

Roman Jakobson quotes: Bilingualism is for me the fundamental problem of linguistics.

Bilingualism is for me the fundamental problem of linguistics.

Roman Jakobson quotes: From a strictly articulatory point of view there is no succession of sounds.

From a strictly articulatory point of view there is no succession of sounds.

Roman Jakobson quotes: Now the identification of individual sounds by phonetic observation is an artificial way of proceeding.

Now the identification of individual sounds by phonetic observation is an artificial way of proceeding.

Roman Jakobson quotes: When I speak it is in order to be heard.

When I speak it is in order to be heard.

Roman Jakobson quotes: Of course, we have known for a long time that a word, like any verbal sign, is a unity of two components.

Of course, we have known for a long time that a word, like any verbal sign, is a unity of two components.

Roman Jakobson quotes: Linguistic sounds, considered as external, physical phenomena have two aspects, the motor and the acoustic.

Linguistic sounds, considered as external, physical phenomena have two aspects, the motor and the acoustic.

Roman Jakobson quotes: Languages differ essentially in what they must convey and not in what they may convey.

Languages differ essentially in what they must convey and not in what they may convey.

Roman Jakobson quotes: A new era in the physiological investigation of linguistic sounds was opened up by X-ray photography.

A new era in the physiological investigation of linguistic sounds was opened up by X-ray photography.

Roman Jakobson quotes: What's next? Shall we appoint elephants to teach zoology?

What's next? Shall we appoint elephants to teach zoology?