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<div style="direction: ltr;font-family: Tahoma;color: #000000;font-size: 10pt;">For those who are interested, for discussion of general issues in relation to Open Access publication, see the following collection of essays (excuse the partial self-promotion!):<br>

<a href="http://www.britac.ac.uk/openaccess/debatingopenaccess.cfm" target="_blank">http://www.britac.ac.uk/openaccess/debatingopenaccess.cfm</a><br>

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And while I'm writing, let me follow Paolo's example and send everyone season's greetings.<br>

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Nigel<br>

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<div style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px">Professor Nigel Vincent, FBA MAE<br>

Professor Emeritus of General & Romance Linguistics<br>

The University of Manchester<br>

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<div>Vice-President for Research & HE Policy, The British Academy</div>

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School of Arts, Languages and Cultures<br>

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<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>The University of Manchester</div>

<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>Manchester M13 9PL</div>

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http://staffprofiles.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/Profile.aspx?Id=nigel.vincent</div>

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<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, December 21, 2013 4:05 AM<br>

<b>To:</b> LINGTYP@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG<br>

<b>Subject:</b> Re: update on Studies in Diversity Linguistics<br>

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<div><span style="">Relevant to the issue Martin is addressing with Language Science Press, recent Nobel Prize winner Randy Schekman has come out against "luxury journals", such as Nature and Science:</span><br>

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<span style=""><a href="http://theconversation.com/how-to-break-free-from-the-stifling-grip-of-luxury-journals-21669" target="_blank">http://theconversation.com/how-to-break-free-from-the-stifling-grip-of-luxury-journals-21669</a> (response to feedback he got

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<span style=""><a href="http://www.elifesciences.org/how-to-break-free-from-the-tyranny-of-luxury-journals-the-conversation/" target="_blank">http://www.elifesciences.org/how-to-break-free-from-the-tyranny-of-luxury-journals-the-conversation/</a> (same as immediately

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<span style="">Schekman has also started an open access press for the life sciences, eLife:</span><br>

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<span style="">Randy</span><br>

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<div style="word-wrap:break-word"><b>Prof. Randy J. LaPolla, PhD FAHA</b> （罗仁地）| Head, Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies | Nanyang Technological University<br>

HSS-03-80, <a href="UrlBlockedError.aspx" target="_blank">14 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637332</a> | Tel: <a href="tel:(65)%206592-1825" target="_blank">(65) 6592-1825</a> GMT+8h | Fax: <a href="tel:(65)%206795-6525" target="_blank">(65) 6795-6525</a> | <a href="http://sino-tibetan.net/rjlapolla/" target="_blank">http://sino-tibetan.net/rjlapolla/</a></div>

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