Saturday, October 6, 2012

The Linguist’s Calendar: October 6

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October 6 

1926: “Der europäische Sprachgeist” by Henrik Becker becomes the first ever lecture to be delivered at the Prague Linguistics Circle.

1999: The governor of Mardin state, Turkey, issues an official memo insisting that teaching of the Syriac language in the local monasteries’ boarding facilities be put to an end, since they violate Turkish law.

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