Thursday, November 22, 2012

The Linguist’s Calendar: November 22

November 22

2001: John McCarthy’s book A Thematic Guide to Optimality Theory is published.
 
2002: At the NATO summit in Prague, the organization’s other official language, French, is used for once. The reason is that the French names of the participating countries permits the unwanted guest, Ukrainian president Kuchma, to be placed further away from the representatives of Britain and the USA, the countries most opposed to his participation.

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