Department: Linguistics
Web Address: http://www.lacl.canterbury.ac.nz/ling/index.shtml
Level: PhD
Duties: Research
Specialty Areas: General Linguistics
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Description:
Applications are now being invited for the University of Canterbury Doctoral Scholarships, which are tenable in the University of Canterbury linguistics Program in Christchurch, New Zealand.
UC Scholarships provide NZ$20,000/year for three years, and cover the university Fees. There are no restrictions on regional origin of the applicants. The application Deadline is October 15, and information about the Scholarships is available here:
http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/scholarshipsearch/ScholarshipDetails.aspx?ScholarshipID=6935.127
The linguistics program at the University of Canterbury houses several large Corpora, including the ONZE corpus (Origins of New Zealand English). The Program is part of the New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain and Behaviour, And as such, presents substantial opportunities for multi-disciplinary research (http://www.nzilbb.Canterbury.ac.nz).
The PhD at the University of Canterbury is by thesis only, and potential Candidates should, in the first instance, make contact with a potential supervisor. From January 2012, the available supervisors in the linguistics program will be Lynn Clark, Jen Hay, Beth Hume, Heidi Quinn and Kevin Watson.
Lynn Clark - language variation & change, sociophonetics, usage-based models Of language
http://sites.google.com/site/lynnclarkling/
Jen Hay - sociophonetics, laboratory phonology, morphology, language variation And change
http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/UCResearchProfile/Researcher.aspx?Researcherid=86213
Beth Hume - phonology, language variation, language change
http://www.ling.ohio-state.edu/~ehume/
Heidi Quinn - syntax
http://www.lacl.canterbury.ac.nz/people/ling_people/quinn.shtml
Kevin Watson - sociophonetics, sociolinguistics, phonetics, phonology
http://www.lacl.canterbury.ac.nz/people/ling_people/watson.shtml
Application Deadline: 15-Oct-2011
Web Address for Applications: http://www.canterbury.acnz/scholarshipsearch/ScholarshipDetails.aspx?ScholarshipID=6935.127
Contact Information:
Prof Jen Hay
Jen.hay@Canterbury. ac.nz
Phone: +64 3 3642242
Please quote 10 Academic Resources Daily in your application to this opportunity!
