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On ‎5‎/‎7‎/‎2009 at 19:35, Handrejka said:

Well, everyone else is starting threads on topics only they'll be interested in so I thought I'd jump on the bandwagon. What elderly or ill linguistic/language scholars can we think of?

Chomsky is the obvious one, there's also Eugene Nida whom I've mentioned before.

 

Then we have

Charles Randolph Quirk, Baron Quirk - born 1920, obit guaranteed, he's also a Manxman which was going to be other topic.

William Labov - born 1927, obit likely

George Steiner - born 1929, obit guaranteed

Richard Gendall - born 1924, Cornish language expert , obit possible

Perhaps we should note here that Richard Gendall died in September. http://news.bitesizecornish.co.uk/mernans-richard-gendall-death-of-richard-gendall/

 

No obituary as far as I can see.

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Mack Vann, 83, one of the last surviving monoglot Cherokee speakers.   

 

Wikipedia list of last speakers of languages here, some of whom are still living...

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2 hours ago, DevonDeathTrip said:

Mack Vann, 83, one of the last surviving monoglot Cherokee speakers.   

 

Wikipedia list of last speakers of languages here, some of whom are still living...


 

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On ‎07‎/‎05‎/‎2009 at 19:35, Handrejka said:

Well, everyone else is starting threads on topics only they'll be interested in so I thought I'd jump on the bandwagon. What elderly or ill linguistic/language scholars can we think of?

Chomsky is the obvious one, there's also Eugene Nida whom I've mentioned before.

 

Then we have

Charles Randolph Quirk, Baron Quirk - born 1920, obit guaranteed, he's also a Manxman which was going to be other topic.

William Labov - born 1927, obit likely

George Steiner - born 1929, obit guaranteed

Richard Gendall - born 1924, Cornish language expert , obit possible

George Steiner dead: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/03/books/george-steiner-dead.html

 

Nothing QO as yet, DDP pick.

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On 03/02/2020 at 21:44, YoungWillz said:

George Steiner dead: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/03/books/george-steiner-dead.html

 

Nothing QO as yet, DDP pick.

And here goes his widow, Zara Steiner, aged 91.

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3 hours ago, drol said:

And here goes his widow, Zara Steiner, aged 91.

Poisoned by children obvs, inheritance and greed finds the darkest side of people.

 

 

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5 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:

Poisoned by children obvs, inheritance and greed finds the darkest side of people.

 

 

Have you written your will yet?

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