Quote of the day
The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where neither the world nor our intelligence can find any foot-hold. It is a fact that we are suffering from nihilism.
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