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Jan Mukařovský

1891 - 1975

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Jan Mukařovský (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjan ˈmukar̝ofskiː]; 11 November 1891 – 8 February 1975) was a Czech literary, linguistic, and aesthetic theorist. Mukařovský was professor at the Charles University of Prague. He is well known for his association with early structuralism as well as with the Prague Linguistic Circle, and for his development of the ideas of Russian formalism. Among other achievements, he applied ideas from Geneva linguist and semiotician Ferdinand de Saussure to the analysis of literary and artistic expression, systematically applying and extending the concept of linguistic function to literary works and their reception in different periods. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Mukařovský is the 88th most popular linguist (down from 83rd in 2019), the 351st most popular biography from Czechia (down from 336th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Czech Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Jan Mukařovský ranks 88 out of 214. Before him are Eugenio Coșeriu, Holger Pedersen, Anne Dacier, Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke, Gustaf John Ramstedt, and Johannes Schmidt. After him are Morris Halle, Konrad Duden, Ahatanhel Krymsky, Lucien Tesnière, Adolf Erman, and Matteo Bartoli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Jan Mukařovský ranks 122. Before him are Alfred Wünnenberg, Vladimir Albitsky, Kenneth Anderson, Pavlo Tychyna, Greta Schröder, and Abraham Fraenkel. After him are Hélène Sparrow, Julio Baghy, Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov, Prince Constantine Constantinovich of Russia, Juan Yagüe, and Zdeněk Fierlinger. Among people deceased in 1975, Jan Mukařovský ranks 103. Before him are Ernst Alexanderson, Joseph Guillemot, Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, Sven Rydell, Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli, and Jacques Duclos. After him are W. V. D. Hodge, Doria Shafik, Georg Ots, Sam Giancana, Morgan Taylor, and Tim Buckley.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Jan Mukařovský ranks 351 out of 1,200. Before him are Jiří Raška (1941), Josef Suk (1929), Otakar Ševčík (1852), Antonio Rosetti (1746), Karel Poborský (1972), and Dominik Hašek (1965). After him are Ladislav Novák (1931), Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer (1689), Artur London (1915), Saul Friedländer (1932), Anne of Bohemia, Duchess of Silesia (1204), and Jaromír Jágr (1972).

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Among LINGUISTS In Czechia

Among linguists born in Czechia, Jan Mukařovský ranks 3. Before him are Bedřich Hrozný (1879), and Vilém Mathesius (1882). After him are Milena Hübschmannová (1933), and Julius Pokorny (1887).

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