The Sound Shape of Language

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The Sound Shape of Language is a seminal linguistic study by Roman Jakobson (with Linda R. Waugh) that explores how the sound structure of language relates to meaning, form, and poetic function.

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instanceOf book
scholarly work
academicDiscipline literary theory
author Linda R. Waugh NERFINISHED
Roman Jakobson NERFINISHED
coAuthorRoleOf Linda R. Waugh NERFINISHED
contribution extension of Jakobson's functional approach to language
integration of phonology and poetics
systematic account of how sound patterns contribute to meaning
countryOfPublication United States of America
surface form: United States
fieldOfStudy linguistics
poetic theory
structuralism
focusesOn distinctive features
phonological patterning in poetry
poetic function of language
relation between sound and form
relation between sound and meaning
sound structure of language
hasPart analysis of poetic language
case studies of literary texts
discussion of phoneme-grapheme relations
discussion of phonological oppositions
discussion of sound symbolism
influencedBy Prague linguistic circle NERFINISHED
Roman Jakobson's theory of distinctive features
language English
mainSubject phonology
poetics
relationship between sound and meaning
semiotics
sound symbolism
notableFor Jakobson's late work on sound and meaning
linking phonological structure to poetic effect
primaryAuthorRoleOf Roman Jakobson NERFINISHED
publisher Indiana University Press NERFINISHED
theoreticalFramework Jakobsonian phonology NERFINISHED
structural linguistics
usedIn advanced courses in phonology
courses in poetics
courses in stylistics

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Roman Jakobson notableWork The Sound Shape of Language