Monday, June 25, 2012

The Linguist’s Calendar: June 25

Nikolai Sergeyevich Trubetzkoy
June 25
 
1938: Russian structuralist Nikolai Sergeyevich Trubetzkoy, one of the founders of the Prague school goes to meet his maker.
 
1992: The International Association for Chinese Linguistics is founded in Singapore.
 
1994: The first Federation of Teachers of Languages in Latin America (FUPL) is founded, and the event is declared to be of national interest by the president of Uruguay.

1998: Indonesian official news agency Antara reports that two new languages—Vahudate and Aukedate—have been “discovered” in the Mamberamo river area of West Papua.

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