Friday, June 8, 2012

The Linguist’s Calendar: June 8

Ferdinand de Saussure
June 8
 
1889: Ferdinand de Saussure gives a lecture on Lithuanian accent before the Société de Linguistique de Paris.

2000: The European Union Education Council adopts the decision of the Committee of Ministers to proclaim 2001 “European year of languages.”
 
2002: A Japanese man turns himself in to the police after killing another person with his umbrella because he had not used the appropriate honorifics.

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