Prague Linguistic Circle
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The Prague Linguistic Circle was an influential early 20th-century school of linguistic and literary theory known for developing structuralism and functional approaches to language.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Prague linguistic circle | 2 |
| Prague Linguistic Circle canonical | 1 |
| Prague School linguistics | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5540247 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Prague Linguistic Circle Context triple: [Roman Jakobson, memberOf, Prague Linguistic Circle]
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A.
Moscow Linguistic Circle
The Moscow Linguistic Circle was an influential early 20th-century Russian scholarly group that helped pioneer structuralist and formalist approaches to language and literature.
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B.
Vienna Circle
The Vienna Circle was an influential early 20th-century group of philosophers and scientists in Vienna who promoted a scientifically grounded, anti-metaphysical approach to philosophy that became known as logical positivism.
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C.
Institute of the Czech Language of the Czech Academy of Sciences
The Institute of the Czech Language of the Czech Academy of Sciences is a leading research institution responsible for scholarly study, codification, and guidance on the contemporary and historical Czech language.
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D.
Ľudovít Štúr Institute of Linguistics
The Ľudovít Štúr Institute of Linguistics is a Slovak research institution that serves as the primary authority on the codification, standardization, and scholarly study of the Slovak language.
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E.
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
The Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics is Croatia’s central national authority for research, standardization, and promotion of the Croatian language.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Prague Linguistic Circle Target entity description: The Prague Linguistic Circle was an influential early 20th-century school of linguistic and literary theory known for developing structuralism and functional approaches to language.
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A.
Moscow Linguistic Circle
The Moscow Linguistic Circle was an influential early 20th-century Russian scholarly group that helped pioneer structuralist and formalist approaches to language and literature.
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B.
Vienna Circle
The Vienna Circle was an influential early 20th-century group of philosophers and scientists in Vienna who promoted a scientifically grounded, anti-metaphysical approach to philosophy that became known as logical positivism.
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C.
Institute of the Czech Language of the Czech Academy of Sciences
The Institute of the Czech Language of the Czech Academy of Sciences is a leading research institution responsible for scholarly study, codification, and guidance on the contemporary and historical Czech language.
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D.
Ľudovít Štúr Institute of Linguistics
The Ľudovít Štúr Institute of Linguistics is a Slovak research institution that serves as the primary authority on the codification, standardization, and scholarly study of the Slovak language.
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E.
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
The Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics is Croatia’s central national authority for research, standardization, and promotion of the Croatian language.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
linguistic school
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research group ⓘ |
| activeInCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Cercle linguistique de Prague
NERFINISHED
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Prague School of Linguistics NERFINISHED ⓘ Pražský lingvistický kroužek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approach | functionalism ⓘ |
| city | Prague NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Czechoslovakia ⓘ |
| field |
linguistics
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literary theory ⓘ semiotics ⓘ |
| focus |
functional approach to language
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literary structure ⓘ phonology ⓘ phonology as a system of oppositions ⓘ poetics ⓘ semiotic structure of texts ⓘ stylistics ⓘ |
| foundedInDecade | 1920s ⓘ |
| foundedInPeriod | late 1920s ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Benedikt Kurylowicz
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bohumil Trnka NERFINISHED ⓘ Bohuslav Havránek NERFINISHED ⓘ Felix Vodička NERFINISHED ⓘ Jan Mukařovský NERFINISHED ⓘ Josef Vachek NERFINISHED ⓘ Nikolai Trubetzkoy NERFINISHED ⓘ Rene Wellek NERFINISHED ⓘ René Wellek NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Jakobson NERFINISHED ⓘ Sergei Karcevskij NERFINISHED ⓘ Vilém Mathesius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
European structuralism
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Prague School phonology NERFINISHED ⓘ functional linguistics ⓘ literary theory in Central Europe ⓘ modern phonology ⓘ semiotics of literature ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Russian Formalism
NERFINISHED
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Saussurean linguistics ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
aesthetic function of language
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foregrounding in literature ⓘ functional sentence perspective ⓘ markedness ⓘ phonological oppositions ⓘ theme–rheme structure ⓘ |
| languageOfWork |
Czech
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French ⓘ German ⓘ Russian ⓘ |
| movement | structuralism ⓘ |
| publication | Travaux du Cercle Linguistique de Prague NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Prague linguistic circle
this entity surface form:
Prague linguistic circle
this entity surface form:
Prague School linguistics