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Prix Volney

Prix Volney is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Prix Volney rather than just read about it. In short: The Prix Volney (English: Volney Medal) is awarded by the Institute of France after proposition by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres to a work of comparative philology. The prize was founded in 1822 in memory of count Volney and was originally a gold medal worth 1,200 francs.

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Reference excerpt

The Prix Volney (English: Volney Medal) is awarded by the Institute of France after proposition by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres to a work of comparative philology. The prize was founded in 1822 in memory of count Volney and was originally a gold medal worth 1,200 francs.

Recipients include Nicolas Massias (1828) Jean-Pierre Darrigol (1829) Peter Stephen DuPonceau, Mémoire sur le systeme grammatical des langues de quelques nations Indiennes de l'Amérique du Nord ((in English) Study of the grammatical systems of some North American Indian languages) (1838) Theodor Benfey, Lexicon of Greek Roots Eugène Burnouf Ernest Renan, General History of Semitic Languages (1847) Albin de Chevallet, Études philologiques et historiques sur l'origine et la formation de la langue française ((in English) Philological and historical study on the origin and formation of the French language) (1850) Sigismund Koelle, Polyglotta Africana (1856) Count Franz Xaver von Miklosisch, Vergleichende Formenlehre ders slavischen Sprachen ((in English) Teaching comparative forms in Slavic languages) (1857) L.-F. Meunier, Les Composés qui contiennent un verbe à un mode personnel en latin, en français, en italien et en espagnol ((in English) Compositions containing reflexive verbs in Latin, French, Italian and Spanish) (1873) Robert Caesar Childers A Dictionary of the Pali Language (1876) Johann Gottlieb Christaller, work on the Twi language (1876, 1882) James Schön, work on the Hausa language (1877) Christian Garnier, Méthode de Transcription rationnelle générale des Noms géographiques (1898) Antoine Meillet Recherches sur le génitif-accusatif en vieux slave (1898) Otto Jespersen, Growth and Structure of the English Language (1906) Albert Cuny twice: Le nombre duel en grec (1907) et Études prégrammaticales sur le domaine des langues indo-européennes et chamito-sémitiques (1920) Édouard Bourciez, Éléments de linguistique romane (1910) Marcel Cohen, twice: 1913 for Le Parler arabe des juifs d'Alger and 1925, Le Système verbal sémitique et l'expression du temps Jules Bloch, twice: La formation de la langue marathe in 1914 and L'Indo-aryen du Véda jusqu'aux temps présents in 1935 Gustave Guillaume, Le problème de l'article et sa solution dans la langue française (1917) Albert Dauzat, Les argots de métiers franco-provençaux (1919) Milivoj Pavlovic, Le langage enfantin: acquisition du serbe et du français par un enfant serbe (1921) Jean Deny, Grammaire de la langue turque (dialecte osmanli) (1922) Lucien Tesnière, Les formes du duel en slovène (1926) Albert Sechehaye, Essai sur la structure logique de la phrase (1927) André Vaillant, La langue de Dominko Zlataric, poète ragusain de la fin du XVIe siècle (1929) René Lafon, Le système du verbe basque au XVIe siècle et Le système des formes verbales à auxiliaire dans les principaux textes basques du XVIe siècle (1945) Gilbert Lazard (1964) Antoine Grégoire, L'apprentissage du langage (1937) Claude Hagège (1981)

See also Prix Volney - Wikipedia, in French

References

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Prix Volney

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Prix Volney claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Prix Volney before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Prix Volney ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Prix Volney

In research: Prix Volney appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Prix Volney in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Prix Volney is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1803 establishments in France, Award stubs, Awards established in 1803, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Prix Volney outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Prix Volney in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
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Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Prix Volney matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Prix Volney?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Prix Volney.