LSHK Outstanding Thesis Award (2009) Call for Nomination
The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong is now inviting nomination
for the 2009 LSHK Outstanding Thesis Award. The deadline for nomination
and submission of theses is September
21, 2009 (Monday). Other details are given as follows:
(1)
Topic
Any outstanding thesis which contributes to
any area in linguistics will be considered.
(2)
Category
There are three categories:
M.A. thesis (awarded within the academic year of 2008/09)
M.Phil. thesis (awarded within the academic year of 2008/09)
Ph.D. thesis (awarded within the academic year of 2008/09)
Note:
"Awarded within the academic year of 2008/2009"
is defined as follows: the student must have the final copy
of his/her thesis submitted to the graduate school or the
university (for MPhil and PhD theses) and submitted to and
approved by the department (for MA theses) during the period
from 1 July 2008 to 30 September 2009.
(3)
Eligibility
Only students enrolled at local tertiary education
institutions are eligible. The Chief Supervisor must be a
regular staff member at a local tertiary education institution
and an LSHK member to be eligible to nominate his/her students.
The nomination must be made by the Chief Supervisor. No supervisor
should submit more than one nomination per category in any
year.
(4)
Procedure
Please submit two hard copies and a soft copy of
the thesis for review. The supervisor should ensure that
the nominee, if awarded, agrees to give a presentation of
the thesis at the 2009 Annual Research Forum of the Linguistic
Society of Hong Kong on December 12, 2009.
(5)
Submission Methods:
The two hardcopies of the thesis can be submitted to an
LSHK representative at your institution or mailed to the
address below:
Dr. Peppina Lee and Dr. Bit-chee Kwok
Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics
City University of Hong Kong
83 Tat Chee Avenue, CityU of HK, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon,
Hong Kong.
