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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: russian
  • Birth: October 11, 1896 - July 18, 1982

Topics

ProgressLanguageMeaningPlaceMade

My favourite president, and the one I admired most, was Harry Truman.

Jimmy Carter

PresidentMostFavouriteTruman

If I lost my job, I'd get a job at McDonald's.

Robert Kiyosaki

JobMcDonaldLostGet

In the world of commercial speech, tobacco advertising bears the earmarks of an endangered species.

Jef I. Richards

AdvertisingWorldSpeechBears

I agree with the many who consider freezing all sorts of weapons systems a first step in a realistic disarmament policy.

Alva Myrdal

StepFirst StepFirstRealisticWho

Live theater makes me nervous. I feel like I have to fake emotions, because the actors can see me.

Su-chin Pak

LiveMeFakeFeelEmotionsNervous

Who laughs less than feminists?

Tucker Carlson

WhoThanLaughsLessFeminists

I was so low that I wanted to exit. And I took a bunch of pills, and they were sleeping pills. And at least they would put me to sleep, and maybe I wouldn't wake up, and that was fine.

Mike Wallace

SleepMeWake UpSleepingExitUp

But if I can be convinced and then through the work that we do together, the orchestra can really be convinced of the big sweep of that communication that the piece suggests, then the audience will get it and it will be a good experience for all of us.

Michael Tilson Thomas

WorkGoodCommunicationExperience

I grew up in the Midwest and had a lot of exposure to big religion. I went to church every Sunday - my mother even sang in the choir - and most families I knew where practicing Christians.

Michael McMillian

MotherReligionChurchSundayChoir

I've loved 'Vanity Fair' since I was 16 years old. You know, we're all colonial hangovers in India, steeped in English literature. It is one of these novels that I read under the covers at my convent boarding school in Simla.

Mira Nair

SchoolLovedLiteratureYouVanity

Rock on out.

Janis Joplin

RockOut

The language of my books has shaped me as a man.

Don DeLillo

ManMeLanguageBooksShaped

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