Sunday, October 28, 2012

The Linguist’s Calendar: October 28

Ferdinand de Saussure



October 28
 
1910: Saussure begins his third course in general linguistics at the University of Geneva. The notes from this course made by one of his students, Émile Constantin, are later edited and published by Roy Harris and Eisuke Komatsu.
 
1999: The domain name pneu­mo­no­ultra­micro­sco­pic­sili­co­vol­ca­no­co­nio­sis.com, including what is the longest word in many English dictionaries, is registered by a commercial company selling . . . domain names.

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