2008 Renewal Membership Form

The 2008 DSNA Renewal Membership Form is available by clicking here
DSNA_2008_Renewal_Form.pdf

DSNA Administration

Terry Pratt, President (term ends 7/1/2009)

Univ. of Prince Edward Island

932 Peters Road RR#3

Bonshaw, P.E.I. C0A 1C0, CANADA

Michael Hancher, Vice-President

David Barnhart, Past President

Lisa Berglund, Executive Secretary

Buffalo State College Dept. of English

Ketchum Hall 326 1300 Elmwood Ave.

Buffalo NY 14222

Joanne Despres, Board Member through 2009

Ed Finegan, Board Member through 2011

Orin Hargraves, Board Member through 2009

Steve Kleinedler, Board Member through 2011

William Frawley, Editor of the DSNA journal Dictionaries

Victoria Neufeldt, Editor of the DSNA Newsletter

(1533 Early Drive, Saskatoon, Sask., S7H 3K1, Canada)

Connie Eble, American Council of Learned Societies Delegate through 2010

DSNA Award

The Dictionary Society of North America is offering its annual award for research and study in lexicography. The Award will support one or more lexicographical projects during the year 2009, with grants of up to $2,500.

Laurence Urdang funded this award from 1995 to 2008; the award for 2009 will be presented in his memory.

Applicants must be current members of the Dictionary Society of North America. To join the Society, visit the (other) DSNA website at http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/dsna/ or contact the Executive Secretary at berglul@buffalostate.edu.

The proposal should include the following:

· Project name.
· Applicant's name, mailing address and email address.
· A statement of the project's immediate goals and expected long-range results.
· A description of the methodology or procedures to be used.
· A summary budget of total expenses for the project. The budget may include costs of travel, tuition, materials, subsistence, and related expenses.
· An identification of other sources of support available for the project.
· A one-page biographical resume for the applicant.

The proposal, including the resume, should total no more than three pages, single-spaced.

Mail proposals to:
DSNA President PROF. TERRY PRATT
932 PETERS ROAD, RR#3
BONSHAW, P.E.I.
C0A 1C0, CANADA,

or to tpratt@upei.ca.

Proposals must be received by December 1, 2008. Awards will be bestowed and full payments sent early in 2009.

The Society requests that copies of any publications arising from the Award be sent to the Executive Secretary.