Jakob Linzbach (21 June 1874 – 30 April 1953) was an Estonian linguist.
Jakob Linzbach was born in
Kõmmaste
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, in the
Governorate of Estonia
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of the
Russian Empire
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(present-day
Estonia
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) and died in
Tallinn
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. The claim has been made for his (1916) ''Principles of Philosophical Language'' that it independently advanced some of the claims of
Ferdinand de Saussure
Ferdinand de Saussure (; ; 26 November 1857 – 22 February 1913) was a Swiss linguist, semiotician and philosopher. His ideas laid a foundation for many significant developments in both linguistics and semiotics in the 20th century. He is widel ...
's ''
Course in General Linguistics
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'', in particular anticipating phonological ideas.
Linzbach - unlike Saussure - also set himself to construct a
universal writing system, which he called Transcendental Algebra. Linzbach's system provided a problem topic for the inaugural
International Linguistics Olympiad
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in 2003.
Works
* Линцбах, Я. Принципы философского языка. Опыт точного языкознания. Петроград
he Principles of Philosophical Language: An Attempt at Exact Linguistics St Petersburg, 1916. Republished, 2009.
* ''Transcendent algebra : ideografie matematical : experiment de un lingue filosofic'', Reval (Estonia) : Edition de autor, 1921.
* ''Die transcendente Analysis : Differential- und Integralrechnung im Denken und Vorstellen'', Reval, 1922.
* ''La Géométrie et l'analyse géométrique de l'espace à n dimensions, idiographie mathématique.'' Abridged translation by G. von Kolovrat from the Russian.
* ''Idéologie mathématique : Etude du langage philosophique Algèbre figurée. I. Interprétation idéographique de l'équation du 1er degré à une inconnue...'', Paris: privately published, 1931.
References
External links
Transcendent algebra, ideografie matematical, experiment de un lingue filosofic Translated into English with interlineated
Occidental
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* Western world (of or pertaining to)
Places
*Occidental, California, a town in Sonoma County, California, US
* Occidental Park (Seattle)
Other uses
* Interlingue, a constructed language formerly known as Occidental
* Oc ...
text.
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1874 births
1953 deaths
People from Lääne-Harju Parish
People from the Governorate of Estonia
Linguists from Estonia