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From: deb5@ellis.uchicago.edu (Daniel von Brighoff)
Subject: Re: Korean: Odd man out?
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Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 21:27:13 GMT
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In article <4kjq7i$s3h@netsrv2.spss.com>,
Mark Rosenfelder <markrose@spss.com> wrote:
[speaking of the Korean alphabet]
>At least some linguists think it's pretty cool.  Geoffrey Sampson calls
>it a featural writing system rather than an alphabet, and admires the
>sophistication of its inventors; James McCawley suggested that linguists
>adopt as their own the Korean holiday that honors the invention of Hangul,
>said to be the only holiday in the world to celebrate a linguistic event.

The *former* Korean holiday, that is.  It was abolished some years ago
and, AFAIK, has not been reinstated, despite the efforts of McCawley
and others to lobby the Korean government.
-- 
	 Daniel "Da" von Brighoff    /\          Dilettanten
	(deb5@midway.uchicago.edu)  /__\         erhebt Euch
				   /____\      gegen die Kunst!
