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<font size=6><b>The Linguists<br>
</font><font size=3>FILM SCREENING<br><br>
April 29th 2008 6:00pm<br>
Whitney Humanities Center Auditorium<br>
53 Wall Street, New Haven, CT<br><br>
</b>Followed by a discussion with David Harrison, linguist featured in
the film.<br><br>
<br>
</font><font size=4>Half of the world's languages are on the verge of
extinction. Who will record them before they are gone?<br><br>
</font><font size=3>David Harrison and Greg Anderson are scientists
consumed with documenting endangered languages. In Siberia, India, and
Bolivia, <i>The Linguists</i> confront head-on the very forces silencing
languages: institutionalized racism and violent economic unrest. Their
journey takes them deep into the heart of the cultures, knowledge, and
communities at stake.<br><br>
This 70-minute documentary was an official selection of the 2008 Sundance
Film Festival. To view a trailer of the film, see
<a href="http://www.thelinguists.com/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.thelinguists.com/</a>.<br><br>
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Co-sponsored by the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library and the
Department of Linguistics, Yale University.<br><br>
If you have questions or would like more information please contact Lisa
Conathan (lisa.conathan@yale.edu).<br><br>
Please circulate this announcement widely!<br><br>
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Lisa Conathan<br>
Archivist for Slavic Language Collections<br>
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library<br>
P.O. Box 208240<br>
New Haven, CT 06520-8240<br>
203.432.9039<br>
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