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<p class=MsoNormal>Dr. Neville Alexander of South Africa is the recipient of
the 2008 Linguapax Prize:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>22.02.2008<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The South African linguist Neville Alexander will receive
the Linguapax Award today in Barcelona, on the occasion of the Mother Language
Day. The ceremony is framed in the Intercultural Week organised by the Ramon
Llull University. Alexander, who coordinates the Project for the Study of
Alternative Education in South Africa has devoted more than twenty years of his
professional life to defend and preserve multilingualism in the post-apartheid
South Africa and has become one of the major advocates of linguistic diversity.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.unescocat.org/en/serveis/premsa.php">http://www.unescocat.org/en/serveis/premsa.php</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>For more information on the Prize, see:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.linguapax.org/en/premisLPXang.html">http://www.linguapax.org/en/premisLPXang.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguapax_Prize">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguapax_Prize</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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