Wednesday, December 12, 2012

The Linguist’s Calendar: December 12

Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz
December 12
 1857: German linguist August Schleicher becomes a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
 
1890: Logician and semanticist Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz, also known as the inventor of Categorial Grammar, is born in Poland.
 
1913: First official use of Hebrew as a language of instruction in Palestinian schools.

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