Sunday, March 10, 2013

The Linguist’s Calendar: March 10

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Nim Chimpsky
March 10 
 
1876: First electronic transmission of human speech as Alexander Graham Bell on the telephone utters “Come here, Watson, I want you” to his assistant.

1897: Antoine Meillet gets his PhD.

2000: At the age of 26, Nim Chimpsky dies of a heart attack in Tyler, Texas.

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