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Roman Jakobson Quotes

A linguist deaf to the poetic functions of language and a literary scholar indifferent to linguistics are equally flagrant anachronisms Picture Quote #1

When I speak it is in order to be heard Picture Quote #1

From a strictly articulatory point of view there is no succession of sounds Picture Quote #1

Languages differ essentially in what they must convey and not in what they may convey Picture Quote #1

Bilingualism is for me the fundamental problem of linguistics Picture Quote #1

What’s next? Shall we appoint elephants to teach zoology? Picture Quote #1

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At first acoustics attributed to the different sounds only a limited number of characteristic features Picture Quote #1

Linguistic sounds, considered as external, physical phenomena have two aspects, the motor and the acoustic Picture Quote #1

Now the identification of individual sounds by phonetic observation is an artificial way of proceeding Picture Quote #1

In poetic language, in which the sign as such takes on an autonomous value, this sound symbolism becomes an actual factor and creates a sort of accompaniment to the signified Picture Quote #1

The task is to investigate speech sounds in relation to the meanings with which they are invested, i. E., sounds viewed as signifiers, and above all to throw light on the structure of the relation between sounds and meaning Picture Quote #1

Of course, we have known for a long time that a word, like any verbal sign, is a unity of two components Picture Quote #1

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Instead of following one another the sounds overlap; a sound which is acoustically perceived as coming after another one can be articulated simultaneously with the latter or even in part before it Picture Quote #1

Every linguistic sign is located on two axes: the axis of simultaneity and that of succession Picture Quote #1

For example, the opposition between acute and grave phonemes has the capacity to suggest an image of bright and dark, of pointed and rounded, of thin and thick, of light and heavy, etc Picture Quote #1

The poetic function is the set towards the message itself, focus on the message for its own sake which by promoting the palpability of signs, deepens the fundamental dichotomy of signs and objects Picture Quote #1

The function of poetry is to point out that the sign is not identical to the referent Picture Quote #1

It is once again the vexing problem of identity within variety; without a solution to this disturbing problem there can be no system, no classification Picture Quote #1

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Acoustic phonetics, which is developing and increasing in richness very rapidly, already enables us to solve many of the mysteries of sound, mysteries which motor phonetics could not even begin to solve Picture Quote #1

The search for the symbolic value of phonemes, each taken as a whole, runs the risk of giving rise to ambiguous and trivial interpretations because phonemes are complex entities, bundles of different distinctive features Picture Quote #1

Speech sounds cannot be understood, delimited, classified and explained except in the light of the tasks which they perform in language Picture Quote #1

Semantics, or the study of meaning, remained undeveloped, while phonetics made rapid progress and even came to occupy the central place in the scientific study of language Picture Quote #1

Remember that the pharynx is at a crossroads from which leads off, at the top, the passage to the mouth cavity and the passage to the nasal cavity, and below, the passage to the larynx Picture Quote #1

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A linguist deaf to the poetic functions of language and a literary scholar indifferent to linguistics are equally flagrant anachronisms (Roman Jakobson Quotes) When I speak it is in order to be heard (Roman Jakobson Quotes) From a strictly articulatory point of view there is no succession of sounds (Roman Jakobson Quotes) Languages differ essentially in what they must convey and not in what they may convey (Roman Jakobson Quotes) Bilingualism is for me the fundamental problem of linguistics (Roman Jakobson Quotes) What’s next? Shall we appoint elephants to teach zoology? (Roman Jakobson Quotes) At first acoustics attributed to the different sounds only a limited number of characteristic features (Roman Jakobson Quotes) Linguistic sounds, considered as external, physical phenomena have two aspects, the motor and the acoustic (Roman Jakobson Quotes) Now the identification of individual sounds by phonetic observation is an artificial way of proceeding (Roman Jakobson Quotes) In poetic language, in which the sign as such takes on an autonomous value, this sound symbolism becomes an actual factor and creates a sort of accompaniment to the signified (Roman Jakobson Quotes) The task is to investigate speech sounds in relation to the meanings with which they are invested, i. E., sounds viewed as signifiers, and above all to throw light on the structure of the relation between sounds and meaning (Roman Jakobson Quotes) Of course, we have known for a long time that a word, like any verbal sign, is a unity of two components (Roman Jakobson Quotes) Instead of following one another the sounds overlap; a sound which is acoustically perceived as coming after another one can be articulated simultaneously with the latter or even in part before it (Roman Jakobson Quotes) Every linguistic sign is located on two axes: the axis of simultaneity and that of succession (Roman Jakobson Quotes) For example, the opposition between acute and grave phonemes has the capacity to suggest an image of bright and dark, of pointed and rounded, of thin and thick, of light and heavy, etc (Roman Jakobson Quotes) The poetic function is the set towards the message itself, focus on the message for its own sake which by promoting the palpability of signs, deepens the fundamental dichotomy of signs and objects (Roman Jakobson Quotes) The function of poetry is to point out that the sign is not identical to the referent (Roman Jakobson Quotes) It is once again the vexing problem of identity within variety; without a solution to this disturbing problem there can be no system, no classification (Roman Jakobson Quotes) Acoustic phonetics, which is developing and increasing in richness very rapidly, already enables us to solve many of the mysteries of sound, mysteries which motor phonetics could not even begin to solve (Roman Jakobson Quotes) The search for the symbolic value of phonemes, each taken as a whole, runs the risk of giving rise to ambiguous and trivial interpretations because phonemes are complex entities, bundles of different distinctive features (Roman Jakobson Quotes) Speech sounds cannot be understood, delimited, classified and explained except in the light of the tasks which they perform in language (Roman Jakobson Quotes) Semantics, or the study of meaning, remained undeveloped, while phonetics made rapid progress and even came to occupy the central place in the scientific study of language (Roman Jakobson Quotes) Remember that the pharynx is at a crossroads from which leads off, at the top, the passage to the mouth cavity and the passage to the nasal cavity, and below, the passage to the larynx (Roman Jakobson Quotes)