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Which of the following theorists identifies "metonymy" and "metaphor" as two fundamental structures of language?

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Roman Jacobson

Roman Jakobson identified metaphor and metonymy as two poles of language: metaphor works through similarity and selection, while metonymy works through contiguity and combination.

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