langs: 17 сентября [ru] / september 17 [en] / 17. september [de] / 17 septembre [fr] / 17 settembre [it] / 17 de septiembre [es]
days: september 14 / september 15 / september 16 / september 17 / september 18 / september 19 / september 20
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
The Mirandese language ( Mirandese: mirandés or lhéngua mirandesa ; Portuguese : mirandês or língua mirandesa ) is an Astur-Leonese language or language variety [3] that is sparsely spoken in a small area of northeastern Portugal in Terra de Miranda (made up of the municipalities of Miranda do Douro
Sejong of Joseon (15 May 1397 – 8 April 1450), personal name Yi Do ( Korean : 이도; Hanja : 李祹), widely known as Sejong the Great ( Korean : 세종대왕; Hanja : 世宗大王), was the fourth ruler of the Joseon dynasty of Korea . Initially titled Grand Prince Chungnyeong ( Korean : 충녕대군; Hanja : 忠寧大君), he was born
Adam Falkenstein (17 September 1906 – 15 October 1966) was a German Assyriologist . German Assyriologist This article needs additional citations for verification . ( February 2016 ) He was born in Planegg , near Munich in Bavaria and died in Heidelberg .
Józef Stanisław Łobodowski (born 1909, Pruwiszki – died 1988 Madrid ) was a Polish poet and political thinker . Polish poet and political thinker Józef Łobodowski Łobodowski in 1938 Born ( 1909-03-19 ) 19 March 1909 Purwiszki , Partitioned Poland Died 18 April 1988 (1988-04-18) (aged 79) Madrid ,
Max Leopold Wagner (17 September 1880, Munich – 9 July 1962, Washington, D.C. ) was a German philologist and ethnologist , particularly known for his studies on the Sardinian language . He also carried out pioneering research on the Spanish language in Hispanic America. In a posthumous review of h
#5 Louisa Susannah Cheves McCord
Louisa Susannah Cheves McCord (December 3, 1810 – November 23, 1879) was an American planter and author from South Carolina , best known as a political essayist. McCord, the daughter of Langdon Cheves , was born in 1810, in South Carolina . She was educated in Philadelphia . In 1840, she married Dav
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
#7 Otto Donner
Otto Donner (15 December 1835, Kokkola – 17 September 1909, Helsinki ) was a Finnish linguist and politician. Finnish linguist and politician For the composer and music personality, see Henrik Otto Donner . This article needs additional citations for verification . ( December 2009 ) Otto Donner, dat
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
Peter Nielsen Ladefoged ( / ˈ l æ d ɪ f oʊ ɡ ɪ d / LAD -if-oh-ghid , [1] Danish: [ˈpʰe̝ˀtɐ ˈne̝lsn̩ ˈlɛːðəˌfoːð̩] ; [2] 17 September 1925 – 24 January 2006) was a British linguist and phonetician . [3] British phonetician Peter Ladefoged Ladefoged in 2004 Born ( 1925-09-17 ) 17 September 1925 Sutt
#10 Willard Fiske
Daniel Willard Fiske (November 11, 1831 – September 17, 1904) was an American librarian and scholar, born on November 11, 1831, at Ellisburg, New York . American librarian, book collector, and chess player Willard Fiske Fiske playing chess.
#11 Paul Frommer
Paul R. Frommer ( / ˈ f r oʊ m ər / ; born September 17, 1944) is an American communications professor at the University of Southern California (USC) and a linguistics consultant. He is the former Vice President, Special Projects Coordinator, Strategic Planner, and Writer-Researcher at Bentley Indus
#12 Alfred de Vigny
Alfred Victor, Comte de Vigny (27 March 1797 – 17 September 1863) was a French poet and early French Romanticist . He also produced novels, plays, and translations of Shakespeare. French poet, playwright, and novelist This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article i
#13 Sabine Iatridou
Sabine Iatridou is a linguist whose work on syntax and the syntax‐semantics interface has helped to delineate theories of tense and modality . American linguist Sabine Iatridou Born Thessaloniki , Greece Academic background Alma mater University of Hawaii at Manoa ( MA ) Massachusetts Institute of T
Tatyana Yakovlevna Elizarenkova (September 17, 1929, Saint Petersburg - September 5, 2007, Moscow ) was a distinguished Soviet Russian Indologist and linguist, known for her study of the Vedas . Russian linguist She was described by Wendy Doniger as "the greatest living scholar of the RigVeda , and
#15 Joséphine Colomb
Joséphine Colomb (née, Bouchet ; 4 February 1833 – 17 September 1892) was a 19th-century French children's writer, lyricist, and translator who signed her works, Mme J. Colomb or Mme Louis-Casimir Colomb . She was a recipient of the Montyon Prize (1875) for La fille de Carilès . In 1893, she was a r
#16 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
#17 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
#18 April FitzLyon
April FitzLyon (22 April 1920 – 17 September 1998) was an English translator, biographer, and historian. April FitzLyon Born Cecily April Mead ( 1920-04-22 ) 22 April 1920 Langton Herring , Dorset, England Died 17 September 1998 (1998-09-17) (aged 78) Occupation Translator biographer historian Spo
#19 Lufei Kui
Lufei Kui ( simplified Chinese : 陆费逵 ; traditional Chinese : 陸費逵 ; pinyin : Lùfeì Kuí , 17 September 1886 – 9 July 1941) was a Chinese educator, essayist, linguist, and publisher . [1] [2] [3] His courtesy name was Bohong ( 伯鸿 ). He founded the influential publisher Zhonghua Book Company , and was a
#20 Vladan Desnica
Vladan Desnica ( Serbian Cyrillic : Владан Десница ; 17 September 1905 – 4 March 1967) was a Yugoslav writer and translator. Vladan Desnica Born ( 1905-09-17 ) 17 September 1905 Zadar , Kingdom of Dalmatia , Austria-Hungary Died 4 March 1967 (1967-03-04) (aged 61) Zagreb , SR Croatia , SFR Yugosla