Tuesday, March 12, 2013

The Linguist’s Calendar: March 12

Alexandra Y Aikhenvald



March 12 
 
1881: Turkish language reformer Kemal Atatürk is born. He replaced the Arabic script with the Latin alphabet.
 
1998: Russian-born typologist and field linguist Alexandra “Sasha” Aikhenvald becomes a naturalized Australian.

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