Linguapax Award 2008

[Harold Schiffman]

Forwarded from Linguapax


FYI, the call for nominations for the Linguapax Award 2008. Note the
deadline of Dec. 15.
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We are pleased to inform you that the call for candidates to the
Linguapax awards 2008 is open. Kindly send your nominees to the
secretariat of the Linguapax Institute (info at linguapax.org) before
December 15th 2007 along with their short biographical note if
possible.

As in previous occasions, the name of the prize-winner will be made
public on February 21, coinciding with the International Mother
Language Day. The Linguapax Awardee will be granted the amount of
3,000 €.

For more information about the awards, please visit:

Català http://www.linguapax.org/ct/premisLPX.html
Español http://www.linguapax.org/es/premisLPXcas.html
English http://www.linguapax.org/en/premisLPXang.html
Français http://www.linguapax.org/fr/premisLPXfr.html

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[from the Linguapax website]



Linguapax Prize



Rules



1. The Linguapax Prizes are awarded every year by the Linguapax Institute.



2. The prizes are awarded to linguists, researchers, professors and
members of the civil society in acknowledgement of their outstanding
work in the field linguistic diversity and/or multilingual education.
Nominations of people having contributed to improve the linguistic
situation of a community or country will be specially appreciated.



3. The nominations for the Linguapax Prizes must be sent to the
secretariat of the Linguapax Institute along with a biographical note
of the candidate. The nominations will remain confidential among the
members of the jury.



4. The jury of the Linguapax Prizes will be formed by the members of
the Advisory Committee of the Linguapax Institute.



5. The Linguapax prizes can be declared void. The jury's decision will be final.



6. The Linguapax Prize will be made public on February 21st of every
year, International Mother Language Day.



7. The awardee will be granted the amount of 3,000 €


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 Harold F. Schiffman

Professor Emeritus of
 Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
Dept. of South Asia Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305

Phone:  (215) 898-7475
Fax:  (215) 573-2138

Email:  haroldfs at gmail.com
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/

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