Friday, September 28, 2012

The Linguist’s Calendar: September 28



September 28
 
1995: The Minimalist Program becomes available in paperback. 

2001: Eric Plunkett is found dead at Gallaudet University in Washington, where he was a student. Upon his arrest, the murderer Joseph Mesa later blames his action on voices in his head. Since Mesa is deaf, however, these were not literally speaking voices, but glove-clad hands urging him to kill—in American Sign.

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