Which theorist identifies metaphor and metonymy as the two fundamental poles of language?
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Correct answer: A. Roman Jakobson
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Jakobson, 'Two Aspects of Language and Two Types of Aphasic Disturbances' (1956): selection (metaphor; poetry, Romanticism) against combination (metonymy; realist prose).
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