Kenneth L. Hale Award
The Kenneth L. Hale Award, named after the American linguist and polyglot Kenneth L. Hale, is an award given to a member of the Linguistic Society of America in order to recognize "scholars who have done outstanding work on the documentation of a particular language or family of languages that is endangered or no longer spoken."[1] It has been described as one "response to the urgency of recording endangered languages before they disappear."[2] The award was not given out in 2024 nor 2025.
Recipients
- Kathleen Bragdon (2002): Massachusett[3]
- Ives Goddard (2002): Massachusett[3]
- Robert W. Young (2006): Navajo[3]
- Nicholas Evans (2011): Aboriginal languages: Mayali, Kunwinjku and Kune, Kayardild, Dalabon[3]
- Nancy Dorian (2012): Scots Gaelic[3]
- Claire Bowern (2014): Bardi[3]
- Anvita Abbi (2015): Great Andamanese[3]
- Melissa Axelrod (2017): Koyukon, Dene, Tanoan, and Ixil[3]
- Nora England (2016): Mam and Mayan[3]
- Tucker Childs (2018): Bolom group, Kisi, Bom, Mani, Kim, and Sherbro[3]
- Judith Aissen (2019): Mayan languages[1][4]
- Patience Epps (2020): Naduhup languages[5]
- Sharon Hargus (2021): Athabaskan languages of Alaska and the Pacific Northwest and Yakima Sahaptin language[6]
- Felicity Meakins (2022): Ngumpin–Yapa languages
- Andrew Garrett (2023): Yurok and Karuk language
- Jeffrey Heath (2026): Australian Aboriginal languages, Berber, Basque, varieties of Arabic, Songhay, Dogon languages, and Mande languages[6][6]
See also
References
- 1 2 "LSA Honors and Awards". LinguisticSociety.org. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
- ↑ Thomason, Sarah G. (2015). Endangered Languages: An Introduction, p.14. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781316298008. Cites: "The Need for the Documentation of Linguistic Diversity", policy statement, LinguisticSociety.org. Accessed: 23 July 2019.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Kenneth L. Hale Award Previous Holders", LinguisticSociety.org. Accessed: 23 July 2019.
- ↑ "2019 Award Winners Announced: Early Career Award, Kenneth L. Hale Award, & Linguistics, Language, and the Public Award | Linguistic Society of America". www.linguisticsociety.org. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
- ↑ "2020 Award Winners Announced: Early Career Award, Kenneth L. Hale Award, & Linguistics, Language, and the Public Award | Linguistic Society of America". www.linguisticsociety.org. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
- 1 2 3 "Kenneth L. Hale Award". LSA. 18 February 2025. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
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