Roman Jakobson

Roman Osipovich Jakobson (October 11, 1896 – July 18, 1982) was a Russian-born American linguist.

Quotes

 * Languages differ essentially in what they must convey and not in what they may convey.
 * "On Linguistic Aspects of Translation", p. 236, in On Translation (1959), ed. Reuben A. Brower, Harvard University Press, pp. 232–239.