Thursday, May 23, 2013

The Linguist’s Calendar: May 23

George, Sarah, 1966- Big Bill Neidjie contemplates the impact of uranium mining on Djabulugka Billabong, Jabiluka, Kakadu National Park, 1995 [picture]
Big Bill Neidjie
May 23  

1947: Typologist Bernard Comrie is born in Sunderland, Britain.
 
1998: Founding of the Linguistics Society of Taiwan.

1999: Closing of the first international conference on language teacher education at the University of Minnesota.

2002: The Australian language Gagadu vanishes as the only remaining speaker Big Bill Neidjie draws his last breath.

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