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Nikolai Trubetzkoy

troo-BETS-koy (Russian: [trʊbʲɪtsˈkoj])
Also Known As Nikolai Trubetskoy
Structural and Theoretical Linguistics

Russian linguist, a founder of morphophonology and the central theorist of the Prague Linguistic Circle, who defined the phoneme as the smallest sound unit that distinguishes meaning within a language and thereby established phonology as a discipline separate from phonetics. His Grundzuge der Phonologie (Principles of Phonology), published posthumously in 1939, became the founding text of structuralist phonology. His close friend and fellow Prague Circle theorist Roman Jakobson did much to spread its ideas after Trubetzkoy's death in 1938.

Facts
Birth Year
1890 1
Death Year
1938 1
Role
Linguist, Founder of Phonology 1
Birth Date
1890-04-16 1
Death Date
1938-06-25 1
Classification
Nationality
Russia 1
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Associated With

Roman Jakobson, Linguists

Close friend and fellow theorist of the Prague Linguistic Circle; Jakobson spread Trubetzkoy's phonological ideas after his 1938 death.

Source Wikipedia: Nikolai Trubetzkoy
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1. Wikipedia: Nikolai Trubetzkoy
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  • Nationality, Nikolai Trubetzkoy entity page
    Russian linguist, a founder of morphophonology and the central theorist of the Prague Linguistic Circle, who defined the phoneme as the smallest sound unit that distinguishes meaning within a language and thereby established phonology as a discipline separate from phonetics.
  • Associated With: Roman Jakobson
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