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<div>For those of us on the list with an interest in sociolinguistics, you may not be aware that Bill Labov has recently won a prestigious Franklin Institute Award:</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/university-pennsylvania-linguistics-professor-william-labov-wins-2013-franklin-institute-award">http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/university-pennsylvania-linguistics-professor-william-labov-wins-2013-franklin-institute-award</a></div>
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<div><a href="http://articles.philly.com/2012-10-22/news/34655223_1_linguistics-william-labov-speech-pathologist">http://articles.philly.com/2012-10-22/news/34655223_1_linguistics-william-labov-speech-pathologist</a></div>
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<div>Labov's work has, of course, inspired a range of projects on sign languages, particularly ASL, but also Auslan, NZSL, BSL and LIS. </div>
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<div>Regards,</div>
<div>Adam</div>
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<div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; ">Assoc. Prof. Adam Schembri, PhD</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; "><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; ">Director | National Institute for Deaf Studies and Sign Language (www.latrobe.edu.au/nids)</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; ">Interim director | Centre for Research on Language Diversity (www.latrobe.edu.au/rclt)<br>
La Trobe University | Melbourne (Bundoora) | Victoria | 3086 | Australia<br>
Tel : +61 3 9479 2887/6401 | Mob: +61 432 840 744 |<a href="http://www.adamschembri.net/webpage/Welcome.html">http://www.adamschembri.net/webpage/Welcome.html</a></span></div>
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