The sound shape of language / Roman Jakobson, Linda R. Waugh ; assisted by Martha Taylor.

""Reading this volume transported me back to Harvard and MIT lecture halls of the 1960s, where weekly Roman Jakobson would spellbind his audience (this reviewer included), developing his vision of language through impassioned exposition, deft and devastating allusions to critical literatur...

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Main Author: Jakobson, Roman, 1896-1982
Other Authors: Waugh, Linda R.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1987.
Edition:2nd ed.
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Summary:""Reading this volume transported me back to Harvard and MIT lecture halls of the 1960s, where weekly Roman Jakobson would spellbind his audience (this reviewer included), developing his vision of language through impassioned exposition, deft and devastating allusions to critical literature, anecdotes with the force of parables, metaphors of mythic imagery, and above all else overriding verbal artistry: truly in his own phrase, 'In the poetry of grammar'. The Sound Shape of Language, his collaboration with Linda R. Waugh, a scholar who has devoted considerable attention to an exposition and el.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 335 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-315).
ISBN:9783110889451
3110889455
3110172852
9783110172850
Language:English.
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
Action Note:digitized