Laurence Urdang--DSNA Award

[Terry Pratt]

The Laurence Urdang-DSNA Award for the support of
lexicographical study and research is again being offered by the
Dictionary Society of North America for 2008.   Funded by DSNA
member and fellow Laurence Urdang, the Award will support one or
more lexicographical projects during the year 2008 with awards
ranging from $500 to $2500.

Applicants must be current members of the Dictionary Society of
North America.  The budget may include costs of travel, tuition,
materials, subsistence, and related expenses.  The proposal should
include the following parts:

    Project name.

    Applicant's name and address.

    A statement of the project's immediate goals and expected long-
range results.

    A description of the methodology or procedures to be used.

    A summary budget of total expenses for the project.

    An identification of other sources of support available for the
project.

    A one-page biographical resume for the applicant.

The proposal should total no more than three pages, single-spaced,
including the one-page resume.

The proposal should be sent (with a self-addressed, stamped
postcard for acknowledgment) to current DSNA President PROF.
TERRY PRATT, 932 PETERS ROAD, RR#3, BONSHAW, P.E.I.
C0A 1C0, CANADA (address must be all in caps) or e-mailed to
tpratt at upei.ca.  It must be received by December 1, 2007.  Awards
will be bestowed and full payments sent early in 2008.

The Society requests that it be sent copies of any publications
arising from the Award.


2007 Laurence Urdang-DSNA Award
The two 2007 Laurence Urdang-DSNA Award winners are Dabney
A. Bankert (Department of English, James Madison University) is a
professor of Medieval English, and Stefan Dollinger (Department of
English, University of British Columbia), editor for the revision of
the Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles.

Professor Bankert will use her award in Amsterdam and other
Dutch cities to examine the correspondence between Bosworth and
Dutch philologists and theologians concerning the making of his
famous Dictionary of the Anglo-Saxon Language during the period
1829-1840.

Dr. Dollinger is undertaking a revision of the Dictionary of
Canadianisms.  The award will  facilitate examining entries in the
letters “A” and “C” where errors had been discussed in
correspondence between the publisher and editors in 1969.  The
Dictionary of Canadianisms is a major source of data about English
in North America.
Terry Pratt
932 Peters Road, Elmwood
RR#3 Bonshaw, PEI
C0A 1C0
Canada

902-675-3672
FAX 902-566-0363

tpratt at upei.ca

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