Tuesday, May 21, 2013

The Linguist’s Calendar: May 21

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Monument to the
Estonian Language
May 21

1994: Solemn inauguration of the monument to the Estonian language in Kadrina, Estonia.

2002: Joseph Mesa is convicted for the murder of two of his classmates. He is sentenced despite his plea of insanity, according to which the murders were inspired by voices in his head. Since Mesa is deaf, however, these were not literally speaking voices, but glove-clad hands urging him to kill—in American Sign.

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