Bakhtin

[ bahk-teen, bahkh-; Russian buhkh-teen ]
/ bɑkˈtin, bɑx-; Russian bʌxˈtin /

noun

Mikhail Mikhailovich [mi-keyl mi-key-luh-vich; Russian myi-khuh-yeel myi-khuh-yee-law-vich] /mɪˈkeɪl mɪˈkeɪ lə vɪtʃ; Russian myɪ xʌˈyil myɪ xʌˈyi lɔ vɪtʃ/,1895–1975, Russian literary critic and theorist and linguistic philosopher.