Important figures in linguistics

Question 1

Jan Mukařovský

Answer 1

Czech linguist - first identified the technique of foregrounding in language.
1964

Question 2

Douthwhite ( 2000) - definition of defamilirisation

Answer 2

’ Impending normal processing by showing the world in an unusual, unexpcted or abnormal manner’
(stylistics pg 31)

Question 3

Saussare

Answer 3

-Ferdinand de Saussure - swiss linguist
-As Leonard Bloomfield stated after reviewing the Cours: “he has given us the theoretical basis for a science of human speech”
-Stucturalist
- founded or inspiraed the levels model of linguistics

Question 4

Roman Jakobsen

Answer 4

Roman Osipovich Jakobson was a Russian-American linguist and literary theorist.
- he developed revolutionary new techniques for the analysis of linguistic sound systems, in effect founding the modern discipline of phonology.
- created Jakobsens model of functions of language.