Honors Symposium

Saving Dying Languages: Why It Matters

Every two weeks, one of the world’s 7,000 languages disappears — and with it the invaluable knowledge of a people. Without action to preserve endangered languages, the cost to humanity and to the world’s knowledge is incalculable.

Professor K. David Harrison
AU/SIS/Honors ’88
Associate Professor of Linguistics
Swarthmore College

Wednesday, February 10

1:30-2:45 p.m.
An informal conversation with
Professor Harrison about endangered languages
Mary Graydon Center, room 200

3:30-5:30 p.m.
A screening and discussion of the highly acclaimed film,
The Linguists (featuring Prof. Harrison and funded by the
National Science Foundation)
Butler Boardroom, 6th floor Butler Pavilion