THE SCL JOHN REINECKE AWARD

JOHN REINECKE

American-born John E. Reinecke (1904—1982) was a pioneer in the scientific study of contact languages such as pidgins and creoles. He was a polyglot and a language scientist par excellence. From the 1930s to the 1940s, he was a leading sociolinguist whose scholarly career was dedicated to the study of both the structure(s) and the social status of pidgin and creole languages. Reinecke’s great interest was the demarginalisation of creole languages around the world, including Hawai’ian Creole English and Caribbean creole languages. Reinecke’s wish was to support scholarly study of these languages, including the recognition of the future linguists of the anglophone Caribbean, UWI students.


THE AWARD

This Award goes to the Best Final Year undergraduate Student majoring in Linguistics in the Faculty of Humanities & Education on each campus of The University of the West Indies, and from 2008, of the University of Guyana. It is given for the purpose of congratulating and encouraging excellence in the field of Caribbean linguistics, and is named in the honour and memory of this pioneering scholar.


RECENT WINNERS OF THE AWARD

Cave Hill

2001—2002 —
2002—2003 — Oswala Rodney
2003—2004 — Marcia John (St. Vincent & the Grenadines)
2004—2005 — Glynnis Brathwaite
2005—2006 — Karen Burgin
2006—2007 — Kathy Depradine (St. Lucia)
2007—2008 —

Mona

1998—1999 — Juliana Duncan (Jamaica)
1999—2000 — Michelle Thompson (Jamaica)
2000—2001 — Joy Howard (Jamaica)
2001—2002 — Joseph Farquharson (Jamaica)
2002—2003 — Nicole Scott (Jamaica)
2003—2004 — Daidrah Smith (Jamaica)
2004—2005 — Tasheney Francis (Jamaica)
2005—2006 — Ruby-Rose Demetrius (Jamaica)
2006—2007 — Ruthan Alecia Maitland (Jamaica)
2007—2008 — Chevaun Onell Bowen (Jamaica)

St. Augustine

1998—1999 — Shelley Marshall (T&T)
1999—2000 — Alana Harewood (T&T)
2000—2001 —
2000—2001 — Deborah Emmanuel (St. Lucia)
2001—2002 — Sarah Stanislas (St. Lucia)
2002—2003 — Camile Bailey (T&T)
2003—2004 — Barbara Constance (T&T)
2004—2005 — Desiree Huggins (St. Vincent & the Grenadines)
2005—2006 — Joy Charles (St. Vincent & the Grenadines)
2006—2007 — Earl Cruickshank (St. Vincent & the Grenadines)
2007—2008 — Istrophle Ali Aziz (T&T)

University of Guyana

2007—2008 — Oslyn Campbell (Guyana)

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS!


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