Friday, December 14, 2012

The Linguist’s Calendar: December 14

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Norwegian parliament


December 14 

1921: Birth of James Deese, author of Psycho­linguistics (1970).
1951: Norway’s parliament decides to create a Norwegian Language Council.
 
1960: Britain’s first Professor of General Linguistics, John Rupert Firth, dies.

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