[Lingtyp] Call for submissions to the 12th Greenberg Award

[Luba Nikolova Vesselinova]

Dear All,

ALT now invites submissions to the 12th Greenberg Award. Please find the details below as well as in the attached file.

The 12th Joseph Greenberg Award recognizes an outstanding piece of typological research
in doctoral dissertation or equivalent in an award period. It is named after Joseph
Greenberg (1915-2001) to remember his fundamental contributions to typology and his
encouragement of young researchers. The award was formerly known as the ALT Junior
Award (1998-2006).

Theses are eligible for the award are those that have been accepted by a university (i.e.,
passed, defended, or accepted, not just submitted) between 1st of January 2024 to
31st of December 2025. The award will consist of payment of travel, per diem expenses
and the registration fee to attend the 16th Biennial Conference<https://alt-2026.sciencesconf.org/> of the Association for
Linguistic Typology, to be held in Lyon, France. The award recipient will also have the
opportunity to give a plenary at ALT16 providing a synopsis of their dissertation.
To be eligible for the award those submitting their dissertations must be members of the
Association for Linguistic Typology (ALT) at the time of submission. Please use the
form here<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe75hSi9YLzP9QNGGPTQug408a9fVV02vsY4Gn4whScDw0mwg/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=103875624211600409320> to become a member.

Submission instructions
Please send your manuscript by email in pdf format, with all non-standard fonts in
Unicode, embedded in the pdf file. The email should be addressed to the Chair of the
Jury, Uta Reinöhl, and also to the ALT Conference Secretary, Ljuba Veselinova, to create
a backup copy of your submission.

Addresses to use
Uta Reinöhl uta.reinoehl at linguistik.uni-freiburg.de
Ljuba Veselinova ljuba at ling.su.se

Deadline: January 31, 2026
If there are any technical issues, the candidate is asked to discuss the problem with
the Chair. A jury, consisting of about ten members suitable for evaluating the work
submitted, will be appointed by the Chair.

Past Award Winners are presented here:
https://linguistic-typology.org/greenberg-award/

Chair of the 12th Joseph Greenberg Award
Uta Reinöhl, Universität Freiburg, Germany
https://uni-freiburg.de/linguistics/prof-dr-uta-reinoehl/


Best wishes,
Ljuba


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Ljuba Veselinova, Professor
Dept of Linguistics, Stockholm University, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Phone: +46-8-16-2332 Fax: +46-8-15 5389
URL  : https://www.su.se/profiles/ljuba-1.182506
"We learn by going where we want to go."
                                          Julia Cameron
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