Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos
Nikolay Sergeyevich Trubetskoy
Table of Contents
Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics
Read Next
Famous house of architect Melnikov on Arbat street in Moscow Russia
8 Notable Buildings in Moscow
Karlsplatz Stadtbahn Station, designed by Otto Wagner, operated from 1899 unti l981 when the rail line was converted to a subway. The two identical buildings were repurposed as an art gallery and a cafe with stairs to the newer underground station.
12 Revolutionary Buildings to Visit in Vienna
Taken at sunset, St. Basil's Cathedral towers over Red Square, Moscow, Russia.
7 Accomplished Paintings in Moscow
Happy, smiling, flying pig
7 Everyday English Idioms and Where They Come From
Chinese pictograph, calligraphy tablet of Huang Tingjian, a famous calligrapher in Ancient Song Dynasty. The background of Chinese cultural elements.
The World’s 5 Most Commonly Used Writing Systems
Discover
Currency. Money. Cash. Dollars. Bills. Pile of ten, twenty, fifty, and hundred dollar bills.
6 Questions About the History of Money and Banking Answered
Fish. Lionfish. Lion-fish. Turkey fish. Fire-fish. Red lionfish. Pterois volitans. Venomous fin spines. Coral reefs. Underwater. Ocean. Red lionfish swims by seaweed.
10 of the World’s Most Dangerous Fish
Lusitania sinking, illustration from The War of the Nations (New York), December 31, 1919. World War I, WWI. This image is one of three on the page. (See source file for the other two.)
7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks
Titanic infographic. The 30th anniversary of its discovery is September 1, 2015. SPOTLIGHT VERSION.
Timeline of the Titanic’s Final Hours
Easter Procession of Maria Santisima del Sacromonte in Granada, Spain. This statue is known as Virgen de los Gitanos or The Virgin of the Gypsies.
What is Holy Week?
King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)
9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes
Marriage. A couple getting married during a church wedding ceremony. (religion, ceremony, bride, groom)
The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church

Nikolay Sergeyevich Trubetskoy: Facts & Related Content

verifiedCite
While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions.
Select Citation Style
Share
Share to social media
URL
https://www.britannica.com/facts/Nikolay-Sergeyevich-Trubetskoy
Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

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
Roman Jakobson
American linguist
Edward Sapir and colleagues from the University of Chicago
Edward Sapir
American linguist
Kenneth L. Pike
American linguist
Ferdinand de Saussure
Ferdinand de Saussure
Swiss linguist
August Leskien
German linguist
Dobrovský, detail of an oil painting by J. Tkadlík, 1821; in the Museum of Czech Literature, Prague.
Josef Dobrovský
Czech scholar
Leonard Bloomfield
American linguist
Zellig S. Harris
American scholar
Vilém Mathesius
Czech linguist
Kurylowicz
Jerzy Kuryłowicz
Polish linguist
Jan Niecisław Baudouin de Courtenay
Polish linguist
Mikhail Bakhtin
Russian philosopher and literary critic
Yury Valentinovich Knorozov
Russian linguist
Innocent Veniaminov, Saint
Saint Innocent Veniaminov
Russian Orthodox priest
L.L. Zamenhof.
L.L. Zamenhof
Polish linguist and physician
Ienăchiƫă Văcărescu
Romanian author
Saint Methodius
Christian theologian
Saint Cyril
Christian theologian
John Locke
John Locke
English philosopher
Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky
American linguist