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1940: The Société Genevoise de Linguistique is founded in Geneva, Saussure’s home town.
1996: Algeria’s law n° 96-30 declares that all communication with authorities, companies and associations be in Arabic, although the use of French or other languages is permitted in international contacts.
2000: Through the journal Nature, phoneticians of Australia’s Macquarie University let the world know that British Queen Elizabeth II’s speech has, over the past 20 years, drawn closer to colloquial London English and further away from Received Pronunciation.
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