From a strictly articulatory point of view there is no succession of sounds.
Roman Jakobson Quotes
Every linguistic sign is located on two axes: the axis of simultaneity and that of succession.
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| Birth: | 10th October, 1896 |
| Death: | 18th July, 1982 |
| Nationality: | Russian |
| Profession: | Linguist, Theorist |
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Roman Osipovich Jakobson was a Russian linguist and literary theorist.As one of the first of the structural analysis of language, which became the dominant trend of linguistics during the first half of the twentieth-century, Jakobson was among the most influential linguists of the century.
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