langs: 5 августа [ru] / august 5 [en] / 5. august [de] / 5 août [fr] / 5 agosto [it] / 5 de agosto [es]
days: august 2 / august 3 / august 4 / august 5 / august 6 / august 7 / august 8
Japanese Sign Language ( 日本手話 , Nihon Shuwa ) , also known by the acronym JSL , is the dominant sign language in Japan and is a complete natural language , distinct from but influenced by the spoken Japanese language . Dominant sign language of Japan Not to be confused with Signed Japanese . Japanes
#1 José Rizal
José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda [7] ( Spanish: [xoˈse riˈsal] , Tagalog: [hoˈse riˈsal] ; June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896) was a Filipino nationalist , writer and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He is considered the national hero ( pa
Snježana Kordić ( pronounced [sɲěʒana kôːrditɕ] ( listen ) ; born 29 October 1964) [1] is a Croatian linguist . [3] In addition to her work in syntax , she has written on sociolinguistics . [2] Kordić is known among non-specialists for numerous articles against the puristic and prescriptive langua
Franco Lucentini ( Italian pronunciation: [ˈfraŋko lutʃenˈtiːni] ; 24 December 1920 – 5 August 2002) was an Italian writer , journalist , translator and editor of anthologies. This article includes a list of general references , but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations . ( December 2
Georgiy Ruslanovych Gongadze [lower-alpha 1] (21 May 1969 – 17 September 2000) [1] was a Georgian - Ukrainian journalist and film director who was kidnapped and murdered in 2000 near Kyiv. He founded the internet newspaper Ukrainska Pravda along with Olena Prytula in 2000. Georgian-born Ukrainian jo
#5 Leroy Vail
Leroy Vail (August 5, 1940 – March 27, 1999) whose birth name was Hazen Leroy Vail was an American specialist in African studies and educator who specialized in the history and linguistics of Central Africa and later extended his interests to Southern Africa. He taught in universities in Malawi , Za
#6 Lucy Peacock
Lucy Peacock ( fl. 1785–1816) was a British author, editor, translator, bookseller and publisher of children's books during the late eighteenth century. She wrote anonymously, for children and young adults. Possibly she was married or perhaps in partnership with one or members of her family, since '
Nicolaus Adriani (15 September 1865, Oud-Loosdrecht – 5 August 1926, Poso , Central Sulawesi ) [1] was a Christian missionary from the Netherlands who did work in Indonesia . He studied linguistics of the East Indies at Leiden University , obtaining his PhD in 1893. [2] He was sent by the Nederlands
#8 Ben Jonson
Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – c. 16 August 1637) [2] was an English playwright and poet. Jonson's artistry exerted a lasting influence upon English poetry and stage comedy. He popularised the comedy of humours ; he is best known for the satirical plays Every Man in His Humour [3] (1598), Volpon
Timoteo Jose "Tim" M. Ofrasio S.J. , S.L.D. (August 5, 1948 – December 1, 2020 [1] ) was a Filipino Jesuit Priest and Liturgist from Alaminos, Laguna and Manila. Filipino Jesuit priest and liturgist (1948–2020) Timoteo Ofrasio S.J. S.L.D Fr. Tim Ofrasio pictured at Our Lady of the Pillar Parish, Ala
#10 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
Kajal Bandyopadhyay (born 13 February 1954 [1] ) is a Bangladeshi poet, writer, and translator. [2] He teaches English literature and previously worked as head of the dept. of English at the University of Dhaka . Kajal Bandyopadhyay Born ( 1954-02-13 ) 13 February 1954 (age 68) Barisal , East Beng
#12 Aravind Joshi
Aravind Krishna Joshi (August 5, 1929 – December 31, 2017) was the Henry Salvatori Professor of Computer and Cognitive Science in the computer science department of the University of Pennsylvania . Joshi defined the tree-adjoining grammar formalism which is often used in computational linguistics an
#13 Heinrich Vedder
Hermann Heinrich Vedder (born 3 July 1876 in Westerenger [ Wikidata ] , Westphalia , Germany ; died 26 April 1972 in Okahandja , South-West Africa ) was a German missionary , linguist , ethnologist and historian . Originally a silk weaver, he received missionary training by the Rhenish Missionary
#14 Lyubov Sirota
Lyubov Makarivna Sirota ( Ukrainian : Любов Макарівна Сирота ; born June 21, 1956) is a Ukrainian poet, writer, playwright, journalist and translator. As a former inhabitant of the city of Pripyat and an eyewitness (and victim) of the Chernobyl disaster , she has devoted a great part of her creative
#15 Royal Skousen
Royal Jon Skousen [1] ( / ˈ s k aʊ s ən / ; born August 5, 1945) [2] is a retired professor of linguistics and English at Brigham Young University (BYU), where he is editor of the Book of Mormon Critical Text Project. He is "the leading expert on the textual history of the Book of Mormon " [3] and t
#16 Borys Antonenko-Davydovych
Borys Antonenko-Davydovych ( Ukrainian : Борис Антоненко-Давидович ), born Borys Davydov ( Ukrainian : Борис Давидов ) was a Ukrainian writer, translator and linguist. During the Great Purge he was sentenced to the death penalty, which was later replaced with ten years jail in a gulag. Antonenko-Dav
#17 Vladimir Orel
Vladimir Emmanuilovich Orël ( Russian : Владимир Эммануилович Орëл ; [1] 9 February 1952 – 5 August 2007) was a Russian linguist and etymologist . This article needs additional citations for verification . ( July 2011 ) In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions , the patronymic is
#18 M Harunur Rashid
M Harunur Rashid (born 28 December 1939) is a distinguished teacher of English literature and language, a notable educational administrator, editor and translator of modern poetry and prose, [1] [2] in Bangladesh , a noted writer of Sufism and Sufi literature [3] and a commentator of social, politic