Linguistics in the News

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<p>Ton of publicity for David Harrison and Swarthmore Linguistics today. AP, Reuters, USA Today, ABC News.</p>

<p>New book and documentary for National Geographic. They discovered a previously unknown language in a remote village in the Himalayas. Here’s the USA Today link along with video:</p>

<p>[New</a> language discovered in India - Science Fair: Science and Space News - USATODAY.com](<a href=“http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2010/10/new-language-discovered-in-india/1]New”>http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2010/10/new-language-discovered-in-india/1)</p>

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<p>My son and I saw this too. In fact, just the day before, we watched their documentary, The Linguists.</p>

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<p>The Linguists is really fun, isn’t it? I think every member of Swat’s Linguistics Dept. does something really interesting. Ted Fernald runs a Navajo Language institute. Donna Jo Napoli is a world famous childrens author with books published in dozens of languages.</p>

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<p>More from the NY Times yesterday:
<a href=“Linguists Stumble Upon Koro, a ‘Hidden’ Language in India - The New York Times”>Linguists Stumble Upon Koro, a ‘Hidden’ Language in India - The New York Times;