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| Rebecca Greenleaf |
October 26
Countries in which French-lexicon creoles are spoken celebrate the Jounen Kweyol Entenaysonnal (International Creole Day).
1492: The word “canoe” is attested for the first time in a European language (under the form canoa) in the writings of none other than Christopher Columbus.
1789: Lexicographer Noah Webster marries Miss Rebecca Greenleaf.
1925: David Premack is born. Among other things, he is known for having done language research with the chimpanzee Sarah.
1967: The Gardners deliver their first report on the chimpanzee Washoe’s language acquisition progress to the Psychonomic Society.
1973: Ken Pike of the Summer Institute of Linguistics is awarded an honorary doctorate degree by the University of Chicago.
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