I sent this 2 weeks ago but a server problem apparently meant that it did not go out... DZO
-----Original Message----- From: Don Osborn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 6:37 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Cc: '[email protected]' Subject: Linguapax Prize 2007: Maya Khemlani David FYI, from http://www.linguapax.org/en/premisLPXang.html ... DZO Linguapax Prize 2007 On February 21, coinciding with the celebration of UNESCO's International Mother Language Day, the Linguapax Institute is pleased to announce the name of the awardee of this year's Linguapax prize edition. Amongst more than twenty cadidates, the Advisory Committee of Linguapax has chosen professor Maya Khemlani David of the University of Malaya for her studies on language maintenance and revival on minority languages, specially in the South-East Asia region. Maya Khemlani David (University of Malaya) An Honorary Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Linguists, United Kingdom, she has conducted numerous studies of language choice and language maintenance/shift of minority communities in Malaysia. These include her native Sindhi community in Malaysia, Singapore and London, the Punjabi Sikh community in the Kuala Lumpur metropolis and those in Malay heartland in the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia, the Nepali community in Rawang, Selangor; the Portuguese community in Malacca, the Pakistani community in Machang, Kelantan, the Tamil community in Kuala Lumpur, the Mahmeri community in Sepang. These studies been published in reputable journals like the International Journal of the Sociology of Language, Multilingua. Maya has also edited Methodological and Analytical Issues in Language Maintenance and Shift Studies ( Peter Lang, Frankfurt, 2002). Through her seminal contributions over past thirty years, Prof. David has made a significant impact in the Malaysian society at large, particularly in the fields of language maintenance and revival of minority languages in the Southeast Asia region. Prof. David has played a laudable role in the Movement of the rights for lesser-used languages. She has edited a number of books to promote understanding of language minorities of Asia and Africa. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/lOt0.A/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/TpIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
