This distinction is bestowed on Marianne for her outstanding contribution to the field of second language research, from the pioneering work on speech-gesture integration in bilingual speakers, to facilitating the research of others as a dedicated PhD supervisor, journals editor, co-founder of the Nijmegen Gesture Centre, and director of the Lund University Humanities Lab. Marianne has been a long standing supporter of EUROSLA, serving as its vice-president and organising two of its annual conferences 20 years apart.
The award ceremony took place on 29 August 2019, during the 29th annual EUROSLA conference in Lund.