Vivien Law Prize Winner 2021

Written By henrysweet society

It is with great pleasure that we announce the winner of the 2021 Vivien Law Prize for the best essay submitted on any topic within the history of linguistics by a student or scholars within five years of their PhD:

Floris Solleveld (KU Leuven) for his essay “Language and the Mapping of the World: Linguistics in Relation to Ethnology and Geography from Hervás to Boas”.

Floris receives a prize of £200, a copy of Vivien Law’s The History of Linguistics in Europe and a year’s membership of the Society.

Next year’s entries close on September 30th 2022.

Congratulations, Floris!

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