After he graduated from the Moscow University (1913), Trubetzkoy delivered lectures there until the Russian Revolution, when he moved first to the University of Rostov-on-Don, then to the University of Sofia (1920–1922) and finally took the chair of Professor of Slavic Philology at the University of Vienna (1922-1938). Trubetzkoy was involved with the Eurasianist movement and became one of their leading theorists and political leaders. After the emergence of "left Eurasianism" in Paris, where some of the movement's leaders became pro-Soviet, Trubetzkoy who was a staunch anti-communist heavily criticised them and eventually broke with the Eurasianist movement.[3]
He died from a heart attack attributed to Nazi persecution after he had published an article that was highly critical of Hitler's theories.
Trubetzkoy's chief contributions to linguistics lie in the domain of phonology, particularly in the analyses of the phonological systems of individual languages and in the search for general and universal phonological laws. His magnum opus, Grundzüge der Phonologie(Principles of Phonology)[4] was issued posthumously in which he defined the phoneme as the smallest distinctive unit within the structure of a given language. It was crucial in establishing phonology as a discipline separate from phonetics.
It is sometimes hard to distinguish Trubetzkoy's views from those of his friend Roman Jakobson, who should be credited with spreading the Prague School views on phonology after Trubetzkoy's death.
As structuralistedit
In his biography of the mathematical collective Nicolas Bourbaki, Amir Aczel described Trubetzkoy as a pioneer in structuralism, an interdisciplinary outgrowth of structural linguistics that would be applied in mathematics by the Bourbaki group, as in the notion of a mathematical structure, and in anthropology by Claude Lévi-Strauss, who sought to describe rules governing human behavior. According to Aczel, Trubetzkoy's focus in Principles of Phonology was the study of phonemes and their opposing aspects to describe rules of language, the goal of describing general underlying rules being the common goal of structuralism.[6]
See alsoedit
Sprachbund, a linguistic term coined by Trubetzkoy
^Aczel, Amir D. (2006). The Artist and the Mathematician: the Story of Nicolas Bourbaki, the Genius Mathematician Who Never Existed. Thunder's Mouth Press. pp. 129–159. ISBN9781560259312.
Referencesedit
Anderson, Stephen R. (1985). Phonology in the Twentieth Century. Theories of Rules and Theories of Representations. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. pp 83–116.
Intellectual Biography of Nikolai Trubetzkoy at the Gallery of Russian Thinkers (International Society for Philosophers)
January 01, 1970
nikolai, trubetzkoy, this, name, that, follows, eastern, slavic, naming, customs, patronymic, sergeyevich, family, name, trubetzkoy, prince, nikolai, sergeyevich, trubetzkoy, russian, Николай, Сергеевич, Трубецкой, trʊbʲɪtsˈkoj, april, 1890, june, 1938, russia. In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs the patronymic is Sergeyevich and the family name is Trubetzkoy Prince Nikolai Sergeyevich Trubetzkoy 1 Russian Nikolaj Sergeevich Trubeckoj IPA trʊbʲɪtsˈkoj 16 April 1890 25 June 1938 was a Russian linguist and historian whose teachings formed a nucleus of the Prague School of structural linguistics He is widely considered to be the founder of morphophonology He was also associated with the Russian Eurasianists PrinceNikolai TrubetzkoyNikolaj TrubeckojBorn 1890 04 16 16 April 1890Moscow Russian Empire Today Russia Died25 June 1938 1938 06 25 aged 48 Vienna State of Austria Nazi Germany Today Austria Contents 1 Life and career 2 As structuralist 3 See also 4 Notes 5 ReferencesLife and career editTrubetzkoy was born into privilege His father Sergei Nikolaevich Trubetskoy came from a Lithuanian Gediminid princely family In 1908 he enrolled at the Moscow University While spending some time at the University of Leipzig Trubetzkoy was taught by August Leskien a pioneer of research into sound laws 2 After he graduated from the Moscow University 1913 Trubetzkoy delivered lectures there until the Russian Revolution when he moved first to the University of Rostov on Don then to the University of Sofia 1920 1922 and finally took the chair of Professor of Slavic Philology at the University of Vienna 1922 1938 Trubetzkoy was involved with the Eurasianist movement and became one of their leading theorists and political leaders After the emergence of left Eurasianism in Paris where some of the movement s leaders became pro Soviet Trubetzkoy who was a staunch anti communist heavily criticised them and eventually broke with the Eurasianist movement 3 He died from a heart attack attributed to Nazi persecution after he had published an article that was highly critical of Hitler s theories Trubetzkoy s chief contributions to linguistics lie in the domain of phonology particularly in the analyses of the phonological systems of individual languages and in the search for general and universal phonological laws His magnum opus Grundzuge der Phonologie Principles of Phonology 4 was issued posthumously in which he defined the phoneme as the smallest distinctive unit within the structure of a given language It was crucial in establishing phonology as a discipline separate from phonetics Trubetzkoy also wrote as a literary critic In Writings on Literature a brief collection of translated articles he analyzed Russian literature beginning with the Old Russian epic The Tale of Igor s Campaign and proceeding to 19th century Russian poetry and Dostoevsky 5 It is sometimes hard to distinguish Trubetzkoy s views from those of his friend Roman Jakobson who should be credited with spreading the Prague School views on phonology after Trubetzkoy s death As structuralist editIn his biography of the mathematical collective Nicolas Bourbaki Amir Aczel described Trubetzkoy as a pioneer in structuralism an interdisciplinary outgrowth of structural linguistics that would be applied in mathematics by the Bourbaki group as in the notion of a mathematical structure and in anthropology by Claude Levi Strauss who sought to describe rules governing human behavior According to Aczel Trubetzkoy s focus in Principles of Phonology was the study of phonemes and their opposing aspects to describe rules of language the goal of describing general underlying rules being the common goal of structuralism 6 See also editSprachbund a linguistic term coined by TrubetzkoyNotes edit Also transliterated Troubetskoy Trubetskoy etc Roman Jakobson Selected Writings Vol VII Walter de Gruyter 1985 p 266 Nikolaj Smirnov Levoe evrazijstvo i postkolonialnaya teoriya syg ma in Russian Retrieved 2022 05 11 Trubetzkoy Nikolai 1969 Principles of phonology Berkeley University of California Press ISBN 0520015355 Trubetzkoy Nikolai 1990 Writings on Literature University of Minnesota Press ISBN 0816617937 Aczel Amir D 2006 The Artist and the Mathematician the Story of Nicolas Bourbaki the Genius Mathematician Who Never Existed Thunder s Mouth Press pp 129 159 ISBN 9781560259312 References editAnderson Stephen R 1985 Phonology in the Twentieth Century Theories of Rules and Theories of Representations Chicago The University of Chicago Press pp 83 116 Intellectual Biography of Nikolai Trubetzkoy at the Gallery of Russian Thinkers International Society for Philosophers Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nikolai Trubetzkoy amp oldid 1217271366, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
