Corpora: Linguistics essay prize competition

From: Philip Resnik (resnik@umiacs.umd.edu)
Date: Thu Dec 13 2001 - 23:36:23 MET

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    For students everywhere, busily finishing up your term papers in
    linguistics: this is a great time to think about sending your paper in
    to this year's competition for the University of Maryland
    Undergraduate Essay Prize in Linguistics. If you've got a good paper,
    it could earn you $1000 and immortality (via publication in the UMD
    Working Papers in Linguistics).

    Details of the competition are at http://benjamin.umd.edu/prize0102/
    and below.

    Happy holidays!

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     The University of Maryland Undergraduate Essay Prize in Linguistics

                          DEADLINE: JANUARY 8, 2002
    ______________________________________________________________________

    The University of Maryland Department of Linguistics is pleased to
    announce the 2001/2002 University of Maryland Undergraduate Essay
    Prize in Linguistics, an international competition now in its fourth
    year.

    The prize of $1000 will be awarded for the best undergraduate student
    essay on a topic in linguistics, and the winning essay will be
    published in the 2002 University of Maryland Working Papers in
    Linguistics.

    Submissions may be in the areas of computational linguistics, formal
    semantics, language acquisition, language change, lexical semantics,
    neurolinguistics, phonology, psycholinguistics, and formal syntax.

      * Eligibility. Applicants must at the time of submission be enrolled
        at least half time in an undergraduate program of study leading to
        a bachelor's degree or equivalent, and must not already possess
        any degree in linguistics. Essays should have been written within
        the previous or current academic year, and must represent the
        original work of the applicant. Previously published essays will
        not be considered for the award. Current and former students of
        the University of Maryland, College Park are ineligible.

      * Deadline. Applicants must submit three (3) copies of the essay to
        the address listed below, to be received no later than January 8,
        2002. Late submissions will not be considered.

      * Length and format. Essays must be submitted in English, typed or
        word-processed in no smaller than 10-point font, single-sided,
        double-spaced, and on white paper, with at least 1-inch margins on
        all sides. Applicants should use single-spaced endnotes rather
        than footnotes, and follow style guidelines of either the Modern
        Language Association (MLA) or the American Psychological
        Association (APA). Essays must be no longer than twenty pages,
        excluding bibliography, including at most two pages of endnotes.
        Essays not conforming to these instructions will not be
        considered.

        The applicant's name must not be included on the essay, since
        reviewing is anonymous. Instead, include a cover sheet listing the
        title of the essay, applicant's name, address, telephone number,
        e-mail address (if available), school and program attending, year
        in the program, and the topic area or areas of the essay (taken
        from the list above).

      * Judging. All essays will be judged anonymously by the Faculty in
        Linguistics at the University of Maryland, College Park.

      * Award. The Essay Prize of $1000 will be awarded in spring 2002,
        and the winning essay included in the 2002 Maryland Working Papers
        in Linguistics. The Department reserves the right not to award the
        prize in a given year and may change the terms of the award for
        future competitions.

    Submissions should be sent to:

    Undergraduate Essay Prize
    Department of Linguistics
    1401 Marie Mount Hall
    University of Maryland
    College Park, MD 20742-7505 USA

    Inquiries should be directed to the above address, or to the
    Undergraduate Essay Prize Coordinator: Philip Resnik,
    resnik@benjamin.umd.edu, (301) 405-8903.

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