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Also Known As Nikolaj Sergejeviè Trubetzkoy
Born April 16, 1890 • Moscow • Russia
Died June 25, 1938 (aged 48) • Vienna • Austria
Movement / Style Prague school
House / Dynasty Trubetskoy family
Subjects Of Study phonology • structural linguistics • Slavic languages • phoneme
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