jakobson

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Noun jakobson has 1 sense

Jakobson, Roman Jakobson, Roman Osipovich Jakobson - United States linguist (born in Russia) noted for his description of the universals of phonology (1896-1982)
--₁ is a kind of linguist, linguistic scientist

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Jakobson

Part of speech: noun

Sense: a surname of Slavic origin

Usage:

a linguist and literary critic named Roman Jakobson
a family name taken by individuals of Eastern European descent
a term used to refer to the descendants of Jakob

Sample sentences:

Roman Jakobson was one of the most influential linguists of the 20th century.
The Jakobson family reunion is held annually in their ancestral village.
Many Jakobsons migrated to the United States in the early 1900s.

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