<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"><h1 class="" style="margin:25px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:1.6em;font-family:arial,verdana,helvetica,geneva,sans-serif;line-height:31px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
Language work brings reward</h1><h3 class="" style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:0.93em;font-family:arial,verdana,helvetica,geneva,sans-serif;line-height:21px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span class="" style="margin:0px 4px 0px 0px;padding:2px 4px 2px 0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-size:0.93em;font-family:inherit;color:rgb(255,0,0)">LINGUISTIC MAP:</span>After six years as a political prisoner and 29 years of work, a retired teacher’s work to map the nation’s language usage is nearing completion</h3>
<p style="margin:1em 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:21px"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:arial,verdana,helvetica,geneva,sans-serif;font-size:0.8em">By Jason Pan  /  Staff writer, with CNA</span></p>
<p style="margin:1em 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:21px">Retired teacher Hung Wei-jen (洪惟仁) received an award from the Ministry of Education yesterday for outstanding contribution to Taiwanese native languages in light of his nearly three-decade-long effort to map the nation’s linguistic diversity.</p>
<p style="margin:1em 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:21px">Hung, 67, has nearly completed a project to produce the first comprehensive language map of Taiwan.</p>
<p style="margin:1em 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:21px">He said his work on the project is into its 29th year and is now entering its final phase: preparation for publication sometime next year.</p>
<p style="margin:1em 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:21px">Access full article below: </p><div><a href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2014/02/22/2003584096">http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2014/02/22/2003584096</a><br>
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