The Prix Volney () is awarded by the

Institute of France The ; ) is a French learned society, grouping five , including the . It was established in 1795 at the direction of the National Convention. Located on the Quai de Conti in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, the institute manages approximately 1 ...

after proposition by the

Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres The () is a French learned society devoted to history, founded in February 1663 as one of the five academies of the . The academy's scope was the study of ancient inscriptions (epigraphy) and historical literature (see Belles-lettres). History ...

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'' ( ''Study of the grammatical systems of some North American Indian languages'') (1838) * Theodor Benfey, ''Lexicon of Greek Roots'' * Eugène Burnouf *

Ernest Renan Joseph Ernest Renan (; ; 27 February 18232 October 1892) was a French Orientalist and Semitic scholar, writing on Semitic languages and civilizations, historian of religion, philologist, philosopher, biblical scholar, and critic. He wrote wo ...

, ''General History of Semitic Languages'' (1847) * Albin de Chevallet, ''Études philologiques et historiques sur l'origine et la formation de la langue française'' ( ''Philological and historical study on the origin and formation of the French language'') (1850) *

Sigismund Koelle Sigismund Wilhelm Koelle or Kölle (July 14, 1820 – February 18, 1902) was a German missionary working on behalf of the London-based Church Mission Society, Church Missionary Society, at first in Sierra Leone, where he became a pioneer scholar o ...

, ''Polyglotta Africana'' (1856) * Count Franz Xaver von Miklosisch, ''Vergleichende Formenlehre ders slavischen Sprachen'' ( ''Teaching comparative forms in Slavic languages'') (1857) * L.-F. Meunier, ' ( ''Compositions containing reflexive verbs in Latin, French, Italian and Spanish'') (1873) *

Robert Caesar Childers Robert Caesar Childers (; 183825 July 1876) was a British Orientalist and the compiler of the first PaliEnglish dictionary to be published. He was the father of the Irish nationalist Erskine Childers and the paternal grandfather of the fourth ...

''A Dictionary of the Pali Language'' (1876) * Johann Gottlieb Christaller, work on the

Twi language Twi (; ) is the common name of the Akan literary language of Asante and Akuapem. Effectively, it is a synonym for 'Akan' that is not used by the Fante people. It is not a linguistic grouping, but more of a common name used by inland Akans a ...

(1876, 1882) * James Schön, work on the

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(1877) * Christian Garnier, ''Méthode de Transcription rationnelle générale des Noms géographiques'' (1898) *

Antoine Meillet Paul Jules Antoine Meillet (; 11 November 1866 – 21 September 1936) was one of the most important French linguists of the early 20th century. He began his studies at the Sorbonne University, where he was influenced by Michel Bréal, the Swiss l ...

''Recherches sur le génitif-accusatif en vieux slave'' (1898) *

Otto Jespersen Jens Otto Harry Jespersen (; 16 July 1860 – 30 April 1943) was a Danish linguist who worked in foreign-language pedagogy, historical phonetics, and other areas, but is best known for his description of the grammar of the English language. Ste ...

, ''Growth and Structure of the English Language'' (1906) *

Albert Cuny __NOTOC__ Albert Cuny (16 May 1869 – 21 March 1947) was a French linguist known for his attempts to establish phonological correspondences between the Indo-European and Semitic languages and for his contributions to the laryngeal theory. He was ...

twice: ''Le nombre duel en grec'' (1907) et ''Études prégrammaticales sur le domaine des langues indo-européennes et chamito-sémitiques'' (1920) *

Édouard Bourciez Édouard is both a French given name and a surname, equivalent to Edward in English. Notable people with the name include: * Édouard Balladur (born 1929), French politician * Édouard Boubat (1923–1999), French photographer * Édouard Colonne ...

, ''Éléments de linguistique romane'' (1910) *

Marcel Cohen Marcel Samuel Raphaël Cohen (February 6, 1884 – November 5, 1974) was a French linguist. He was an important scholar of Semitic languages and especially of Ethiopian languages. He studied the French language and contributed much to general lin ...

, 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 Lucien Tesnière (; May 13, 1893 – December 6, 1954) was a prominent and influential French linguist. He was born in Mont-Saint-Aignan on May 13, 1893. As a senior lecturer at the University of Strasbourg (1924) and later professor at the ...

, ''Les formes du duel en slovène (1926) *

Albert Sechehaye Albert Sechehaye (; 4 July 1870 – 2 July 1946) was a Swiss linguist. He is known for editing Ferdinand de Saussure's lectures, '' Course in General Linguistics''. He was born and died in Geneva. Biography Sechehaye studied at the University of ...

, ''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 XVI^e siècle'' et ''Le système des formes verbales à auxiliaire dans les principaux textes basques du XVI^e siècle'' (1945) *

Gilbert Lazard Gilbert Lazard ( – ) was a French linguist and Iranologist. His works include the study of various Iranian languages, translations of classical Persian poetry, and research on linguistic typology, notably on morphosyntactic alignment. He also ...

(1964). * Antoine Grégoire, ''L'apprentissage du langage'' (1937) * Claude Hagège (1981)

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