The Sound Shape of Language

Jakobson, Roman;Waugh, Linda R.

ISBN 10: 0253164176 / ISBN 13: 9780253164179

Published by Indiana University Press, 1979

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Hardcover in very good condition with good dust jacket.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Sound Shape of Language
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Publication Date: 1979
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0253164176
• ISBN 13: 9780253164179
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Language

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Synopsis

This work provides an insight into Roman Jakobson's vision of language.

Review

"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 elaboration of Jakobsonian views, fortunately has preserved in print the authoritative lectorial voice."Michael Silverstein in: Journal of Communication

"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 elaboration of Jakobsonian views, fortunately has preserved in print the authoritative lectorial voice."
Michael Silverstein in: Journal of Communication