26.3765, FYI: Announcing the Emmon Bach Fund

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Subject: 26.3765, FYI:  Announcing the Emmon Bach Fund

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Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 14:10:51
From: Linguistic Society of America  [lsa at lsadc.org]
Subject: Announcing the Emmon Bach Fund

 The Linguistic Society of America is pleased to announce the creation of a new charitable contribution fund in memory of linguist Emmon Bach:
http://www.linguisticsociety.org/news/2015/08/25/lsa-announces-emmon-bach-fund-support-documenting-and-revitalizing-languages

Emmon Bach (1929 - 2014) was renowned for his work in syntax and semantics, particularly in Haisla and other languages of British Columbia. Beyond his scientific interests, he was concerned with language rights and problems of language endangerment. 

Emmon served as President of the LSA in 1995 and was also active in the Society for the Study of Indigenous Languages; he was President of SSILA at the time of his death. Dr. Bach was Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and was also affiliated with the University of London, Oxford University, and the University of Northern British Columbia.

The Bach Fund will be used to support student fellowships at CoLang, the Institute for Collaborative Language Research. The CoLang Institute is held every other year to provide an opportunity for a diverse range of participants (including students and community members) to become trained in a wide range of skills in community-centered language documentation. 
The LSA hopes to reach our fundraising goal of $50,000 (with over $20,000 already contributed) in time to offer the first award at CoLang 2016, to be held next summer at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Donations are being accepted immediately via the LSA website: 
http://www.linguisticsociety.org/donate

Learn more about the Emmon Bach Fund:
http://www.linguisticsociety.org/content/emmon-bach-fund
 
Linguistic Field(s): Language Documentation



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