Award given to the internationally renowned linguist and cognitive science specialist Leonard Talmy Five years after the foundation of the Gutenberg Research College (GRC) at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in Germany, the institution and its members could not only celebrate this anniversary but also came together to bestow the Gutenberg Research Award.

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Innovative pioneer of modern linguistics and 'founding father' of Cognitive Linguistics honored in Mainz The Gutenberg Research College (GRC) of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) in Germany confers this years Gutenberg Research Award on the internationally renowned linguist and cognitive scientist Leonard Talmy.

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A project at UC Santa Barbara that has area high school students conducting original research on language in their communities will expand to include two partner schools and an Upward Bound program thanks to a $30,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Verizon Communications.

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