Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics
LINGUISTICS and ELLE ACADEMIC PRIZES
Congratulations to our students and thanks to our sponsors - the Society for Caribbean Linguistics, the UWI Bookshop, Wycliffe Bible Translators and all who have supported our Prize Award Ceremony over the years!
Prize Winners 2001 Prize Winners 2010
| Left to Right: Michelle Wooding, Verna Davidson, and Debbie Charles | Left to Right: Dr Ben Braithwaite, Ishmael Ho, Trudy-Ann Marquis, Elisha Richards-Young, Jill Paterson, Sha-Renáe Alexander, Dr Jo-Anne S. Ferreira, and Alicia Lamb. |
Level I
Departmental Prize for the Most Outstanding Level I Linguistics Student
Courses: LING 1001, LING 1002 and LING 1005
2016-2017: Hannah MARQUEZ
2015-2016: Jasmine RAMCHARITA
2014-2015: Kellee T. JOHN
2013-2014: Felicia BISNATH
2012-2013: Aneesa N. ABRAHIM
2011-2012: Kerry-Ann A. ABDOOL
2010-2011: Samantha S. JACKSON
2009-2010: Jill R. PATERSON
Best Level I English Language with Literature and Education (ELLE)
(Sponsor: UWI Bookshop)
2016-2017: Hannah MARQUEZ
2015-2016: Katrina SHAH
2014-2015: Tasha SOLOMON
2013-2014: Savvaani MAHARAJ
2012-2013: Aneesa N. ABRAHIM
2011-2012: Kerry-Ann A. ABDOOL
2010-2011: Nikita A. SOOKNANAN
2009-2010: Jill R. PATERSON
See also the Foundation English Language Writing Prizes.
Level II
John Jacob Thomas Prize for French-lexicon Creole (Patois)
(Sponsor: Wycliffe Bible Translators Caribbean)
Courses: LING 2902 and LING 2903
2016-2017: Laurisa LUGO
2015-2016: Rhia MAHABIR
(Not awarded in 2014-2015)
2013-2014: Yandee PIERRE
(Not awarded in 2012-2013)
2011-2012: Deliece KNIGHTS
2010-2011: Kheba D. CATON
(Not awarded in 2009-2010)
Departmental Prize for Theoretical Linguistics (Level II)
Courses: LING 2001 and LING 2002
2016-2017: Justin CARRINGTON
2015-2016: Laurisa LUGO
2014-2015: Felicia BISNATH
2013-2014: Lily KWOK
(Not awarded in 2012-2013)
2011-2012: Samantha MOOLIESINGH
2010-2011: Jesse S. DYLAL
2009-2010: Sha-Renáe A. ALEXANDER and Ishmael M. HO
Best Level II English Language with Literature and Education (ELLE)
(Sponsor: UWI Bookshop)
2016-2017: Katrina SHAH
2015-2016: Samantha MARAJ
2014-2015: Shaneise PANDOHEE
2013-2014: Amanda LEE
2012-2013: Kerry-Ann A. ABDOOL
2011-2012: Samantha S. JACKSON
2010-2011: Jill R. PATERSON
2009-2010: Yunari NATH
Levels II and III
Departmental Prize for Applied Linguistics
Courses: LING 2101 and LING 3101
(Not awarded in 2016-2017)
2015-2016:
2014-2015: Felicia BISNATH
2013-2014: Aneesa N. ABRAHIM
2012-2013: Kerry-Ann A. ABDOOL
2011-2012: Kandia JAMES
2010-2011: Kathryn M. PILGRIM
2009-2010: Alicia V. LAMB
Level III
Departmental Prize for Theoretical Linguistics (Level III)
Courses: LING 3001 and LING 3002
(Not awarded in 2016-2017)
(Not awarded in 2015-2016)
(Not awarded in 2014-2015)
(Not awarded in 2013-2014)
2012-2013: Jesse S. DYLAL and Samantha V. MOOLIESINGH
2011-2012: Candice HARRY
2010-2011: Sunity-Carmel MAHARAJ-BEST
2009-2010: Alicia V. LAMB
The Douglas Taylor Prize for Caribbean Linguistics
Courses: LING 3201 and LING 3202
2016-2017: Laurisa LUGO
2015-2016: Felicia BISNATH
(Not awarded in 2014-2015)
2013-2014: Andel DABERAM
(Not awarded in 2012-2013)
2011-2012: Jamila McQUEEN
2010-2011: Candice M. HARRY-PIMENTEL
2009-2010: Alicia V. LAMB
Departmental Prize for Research
Courses: LING 3099
2016-2017: Laurisa LUGO for "On the Phonemic Inventory and Syllable Structure of Trinidadian French Creole"
2015-2016: Three Prize-Winning Projects - Felicia BISNATH for "A Description of the Copular Clause in Trinidadian French Creole Based on Higgins (1979)", Shaneise PANDOHEE for "Market Vendor Discourse in Trinidad", and Kristin WRIGHT and Theron THOMPSON for "Bush versus Stush: Linguistic Stereotypes in Trinidad". Read their abstracts in DMLL Research Notes 2016 (page 33).
2014-2015: Lily KWOK for "Investigating Constitutent Order in Trinidad and Tobago Sign Language (TTSL)"
2013-2014: Ornette HENRY, Ryaaz HEDAAYATULLAH and Caris DEGANNES
2012-2013: Samantha S. JACKSON for "Ecaboro: An Invented Spanish-based Creole" (with Nikita Sooknanan)
2011-2012: Sha-Renáe A. ALEXANDER
2010-2011: Jamie GANGOO for "Trini Net-Spelling: Examining the Use of Trinidadian English Creole on an Internet Forum"
2009-2010: Trudy-Ann B. MARQUIS for "A Study of the Use of Hedges by Children of a Standard Two Class at a Primary School in Diego Martin, in Three Given Formal Situations: The Contributions of Sex, Age and Audience"
Best Level III English Language with Literature and Education (ELLE)
(Sponsor: UWI Bookshop)
2016-2017: Akhim ALEXIS
2015-2016: Shaneise PANDOHEE
2014-2015: Erica ALFRED
2013-2014: Kerry-Ann A. ABDOOL
2012-2013: Samantha S. JACKSON
2011-2012: Jill R. PATERSON
2010-2011: Jamie GANGOO
2009-2010: Trudy-Ann B. MARQUIS and Elisha S.RICHARDS-YOUNG
John Reinecke Prize for the Most Outstanding Level III Linguistics Student (Sponsor: The Society for Caribbean Linguistics - SCL)
2016-2017: Laurisa LUGO
2015-2016: Felicia BISNATH
2014-2015: Lily KWOK
(Not awarded in 2013-2014)
2012-2013: Jesse S. DYLAL
2011-2012: Jill R. PATERSON
2010-2011: Sunity-Carmel MAHARAJ-BEST
2009-2010: Alicia V. LAMB
NOTES:
John REINECKE was born in the United States in 1904. He was a pioneer in the study of creole languages. His great interest was the demarginalisation of creole languages around the world, including Hawai'ian Creole English and Caribbean creole languages.
Douglas TAYLOR was an educated Yorkshire man who became enamoured of Dominica. He made that island his home and pioneered in the research of the island's indigenous languages, in particular, French Creole (Patois) and Carib and Arawakan languages. He is well known for his book, The Languages of the West Indies.
John Jacob THOMAS was born in Trinidad in 1841. He was a teacher and a researcher in the French Creole (Patois) language of nineteenth century Trinidad. He published his first book, The Theory and Practice of Creole Grammar, in 1869. In 1873, he was admitted to the prestigious Philological Society of England. He was the author of another book Froudacity.
Special thanks to Professors Mervyn C. Alleyne and Donald C. Winford.
