Saturday, May 18, 2013

The Linguist’s Calendar: May 18

http://www.philsoc.org.uk/graphics/logo-philsoc-white.pngMay 18 

1842: At 1 p.m. in the rooms of the Statistical Society, 4 St Martin’s Place, London, the Philological Society is founded "for the investigation of the Structure, the Affinities, and the History of Languages; and the Philological Illustration of the Classical Writers of Greece and Rome."

2001: The “Plain Language Group,” appointed by the Swedish government, arranges a conference on the theme “Plain Language Opens Sweden.”
 

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