langs: 7 августа [ru] / august 7 [en] / 7. august [de] / 7 août [fr] / 7 agosto [it] / 7 de agosto [es]
days: august 4 / august 5 / august 6 / august 7 / august 8 / august 9 / august 10
Khmer ( / k m ɛər , k ə ˈ m ɛər / ; [3] ខ្មែរ , Khmêr [kʰmae] ) is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Khmer people , and the official and national language of Cambodia . Khmer has been influenced considerably by Sanskrit and Pali , especially in the royal and religious registers , through Hindu
West Country English is a group of English language varieties and accents used by much of the native population of South West England , the area sometimes popularly known as the West Country . [1] Variety of the English language "Ooh arr" redirects here. Not to be confused with Ooh Ahh (disambiguati
Kalau Lagau Ya , Kalaw Lagaw Ya , Kala Lagaw Ya ( [kala(u) laɡau ja] ), or the Western Torres Strait language (also several other names, see below ), is the language indigenous to the central and western Torres Strait Islands , Queensland , Australia . On some islands, it has now largely been replac
New England French ( French : français de Nouvelle-Angleterre ) is a variety of French spoken in the New England region of the United States. [2] It descends from Canadian French because it originally came from French Canadians who immigrated to New England during the Grande Hémorragie . French vari
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
Joseph Priestley FRS ( / ˈ p r iː s t l i / ; [4] 24 March 1733 – 6 February 1804) was an English chemist , natural philosopher , separatist theologian , grammarian , multi-subject educator, and liberal political theorist . [5] He published over 150 works, and conducted experiments in electricity an
#3 Hermann Paul
Hermann Otto Theodor Paul (August 7, 1846, Salbke – December 29, 1921, Munich ) was a German philologist , linguist and lexicographer . German philologist Hermann Paul Born ( 1846-08-07 ) 7 August 1846 Magdeburg , Germany Died 29 December 1921 (1921-12-29) (aged 75) Munich , Germany Nationality Ge
Martín Espada (born 1957) is a Puerto Rican-American poet, [1] [2] and a professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst , where he teaches poetry. Puerto Rico has frequently been featured as a theme in his poems. [3] Puerto Rican poet Martín Espada Born ( 1957-08-07 ) 7 August 1957 (age 65)
#5 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
Alexander Alexandrovich Blok ( Russian : Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Бло́к , IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɐlʲɪˈksandrəvʲɪtɕ ˈblok] ( listen ) ; 28 November [ O.S. 16 November ] 1880 – 7 August 1921) was a Russian lyrical poet, writer, publicist, playwright, translator and literary critic. Russian poet Al
Clare Cavanagh (born May 23, 1956) is an American literary critic , a Slavist , and a translator. She is the Frances Hooper Professor in the Arts and Humanities and Chair of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Northwestern University . An acclaimed translator of contemporary Polish
Peter Constantine (born 1963) is a British and American literary translator who has translated literary works from German, Russian, French, Modern Greek, Ancient Greek, Italian, Albanian, Dutch, and Slovene. British and American literary translator (born 1963) Peter Constantine Peter Constantine, 20
#9 Albert Patin de La Fizelière
Albert de La Fizelière ( in full Albert-André Patin de La Fizelière ; pen-name Ludovic de Marsay , see box to the right ) (b. 7 August 1819 in Marly ; d. 11 February 1878 in Paris) was a French littérateur , writer on electoral and constitutional law, art critic, and historian, known for his friends
#10 Akram Pedramnia
Akram Pedramnia (Persian: اکرم پدرامنیا ) (February 17, 1969) is an Iranian-Canadian writer, translator, Joycean scholar, [1] researcher, activist, and physician. She has written, researched, and translated many English novels and political articles. She resides in Canada since 1998 when she had em
#11 Pavle Solarić
Pavle Solarić (7 August 1779 – 18 January 1821) was a Serbian linguist, geographer, archaeologist, poet , bibliographer and man of letters . He was one of Dositej Obradović 's early students and an ardent disciple. Serbian linguist and geographer Pavle Solarić Born Павле Соларић ( 1779-08-07 ) 7 Aug
William Girdlestone Shellabear (1862–1947) was a "pioneer" [1] scholar and missionary in British Malaya (today, part of Malaysia ). He was known for both his appreciation of Muslim society and also his translation of the Bible into the Malay language . [2] [3] British scholar and missionary active i
#13 Carl Croneberg
Carl Gustav Arvid Olof Croneberg [1] (April 26, 1930 – August 7, 2022) was a Swedish-American Deaf linguist known for his work on American Sign Language (ASL). American linguist (1930–2022) Carl G. Croneberg Croneberg in the early 1960s Born Carl Gustav Arvid Olof Croneberg ( 1930-04-26 ) April 26,