The Prix Volney () 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 by Constantin Volney in 1803 and was originally a gold medal worth 1,200 francs. Recipients include- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Gustave Guillaume, Le problème de l'article et sa solution dans la langue française ( Articles and their usage in the French language) (1917)
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