The Sound Shape of Language, by Roman Jakobson & Linda Waugh; pub by Harvester Press 1979; with jacket, 8vo, 320pps, some slight foxing on edges of book and dust marks on jacket, o/w in vg condition.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Sound Shape of Language

Publisher

Harvester Press

Publication Date

1979

Language

English

ISBN 10

0855279265

ISBN 13

9780855279264

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good

Weight

800 grams

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Language & Linguistics

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Synopsis

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 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

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I am selling off my collection of books, 6-8,000 titles or more, collected over the last 60 years. I used to own Harveys Books in Leicester, UK till it closed down in the mid 90's, so have been involved in 2nd Hand & Antiquarian books, on and off, since 1968.

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