JAKOBSON

Pronunciation (US):

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• JAKOBSON (noun)
  The noun JAKOBSON has 1 sense:

1. United States linguist (born in Russia) noted for his description of the universals of phonology (1896-1982)

  Familiarity information: JAKOBSON used as a noun is very rare.

• JAKOBSON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States linguist (born in Russia) noted for his description of the universals of phonology (1896-1982)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Jakobson; Roman Jakobson; Roman Osipovich Jakobson

Instance hypernyms:

linguist; linguistic scientist (a specialist in linguistics)