linguist of the year?

[Cohen, Gerald Leonard]

Thanks for the information below, David. Two questions now come to mind:  Just who makes the decisions?  And what are their criteria?  Btw, any list of outstanding linguists that fails to include Eric Hamp isn't worth the proverbial hill o' beans.

Gerald Cohen

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> From:         American Dialect Society on behalf of Barnhart
> Sent:         Tuesday, August 23, 2005 5:41 AM
> Subject:           linguist of the year?
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> Of interest to ADS members?  Linguist of the year.  It seems to me that this might just be a political football we don't need.
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> [ http://inttranews.inttra.net/eng/articles/linguist_of_the_year.html
> ]http://inttranews.inttra.net/eng/articles/linguist_of_the_year.html
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> Regards,
> David
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> barnhart at highlands.com
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