Nikolai Trubetzkoy

Prince
Nikolai Trubetzkoy
Николай Трубецкой
Born(1890-04-16)16 April 1890
Moscow, Russian Empire
(present-day Russia)
Died25 June 1938(1938-06-25) (aged 48)
Vienna, State of Austria, Nazi Germany
(present-day Austria)
NationalityRussian
Occupations
  • Linguist
  • historian
MovementEurasianism
FatherSergei Nikolaevich Trubetskoy
Relatives
FamilyTrubetskoy
Academic background
Alma materMoscow University (1913)
Academic work
DisciplineLinguistics
Sub-discipline
School or traditionPrague School
Institutions
Main interests
Notable worksPrinciples of Phonology
Notable ideas

Prince Nikolai Sergeyevich Trubetzkoy (Russian: Николай Сергеевич Трубецкой [nʲɪkɐˈlaj sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ trʊbʲɪtsˈkoj]; 16 April 1890 – 25 June 1938) was a Russian linguist and historian whose teachings formed a nucleus of the Prague School of structural linguistics. He is widely considered to be the founder of morphophonology. He was also associated with the Russian Eurasianists.