Quote of the day
No man can tell what the future may bring forth, and small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
Roman Jakobson
Born: October 11, 1896
Died: July 18, 1982 (aged 85)
Bio: Roman Osipovich Jakobson was a Russian American linguist and literary theorist.
Known for:
- Fundamentals of Language (1956)
- On Language
- The framework of language (1980)
- Language in Literature (1980)
- Verbal art, verbal sign, verbal time