langs: 18 августа [ru] / august 18 [en] / 18. august [de] / 18 août [fr] / 18 agosto [it] / 18 de agosto [es]
days: august 15 / august 16 / august 17 / august 18 / august 19 / august 20 / august 21
Spanish ( español or castellano , Castilian ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken in the Iberian Peninsula of Europe . Today, it is a global language with more than 500 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain . Spanis
Carol Ann Chapelle (born August 18, 1955) is an American linguist and Angela B. Pavitt Professor in English at Iowa State University . American linguist and Angela B Carol Chapelle Born ( 1955-08-18 ) August 18, 1955 (age 66) Academic background Alma mater University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaig
Judah Leib Ben-Ze'ev ( Hebrew : יְהוּדָה לֵיבּ בֵּן־זְאֵב , German : Juda Löb Bensew ; 18 August 1764 – 12 March 1811) was a Galician Jewish philologist , lexicographer , and Biblical scholar . He was a member of the Me'assefim group of Hebrew writers, [3] [4] and a "forceful proponent of revitali
Ivor Thord-Gray (born Thord Ivar Hallström ) (April 17, 1878 – August 18, 1964) was a Swedish -born adventurer, sailor, prison guard, soldier, government official, police officer, rubber plantation owner, ethnologist , linguist , investor, and author. [1] He participated in thirteen wars spanning th
Marvin Lionel Bender (August 18, 1934 – February 19, 2008) was an American linguist. American linguist Lionel Bender M. Lionel Bender in 2004 Born August 18, 1934 ( 1934-08-18 ) Mechanicsburg , Pennsylvania Died February 19, 2008 ( 2008-02-20 ) (aged 73) Cape Girardeau , Missouri Occupation Li
Zenobia Camprubí Aymar (31 August 1887 – 25 October 1956) was a Spanish -born writer and poet ; she was also a noted translator of the works of Rabindranath Tagore . This article may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia's quality standards . ( August 2019 ) Spanish writer of Catalan and Pue
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#7 Noam Chomsky
Avram Noam Chomsky [lower-alpha 1] (born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist , philosopher, cognitive scientist , historical essayist, [lower-alpha 2] [lower-alpha 3] social critic , and political activist. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics", [lower-alpha 4] Chomsky is also a
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#12 Otto Stoll
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#13 Duncan Bush
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#15 Thomas Medwin
Thomas Medwin (1788–1869) was an early 19th-century English writer, poet and translator. He is known chiefly for his biography of his cousin, Percy Bysshe Shelley , and for published recollections of his friend, Lord Byron . English writer, poet and translator (1788–1869) Thomas Medwin Born Thomas M