<div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a name="_GoBack"></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Graduate
Opportunities in Indigenous Languages and Linguistics at the University of
Alberta</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt"></span></p>
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for cross-postings**</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The
<b>Department of Linguistics at the University of Alberta</b>, established in
1969, offers MSc and PhD positions for prospective graduate students interested
in learning and conducting research with our vibrant team of faculty members,
graduate students, and other academics in state-of-the-art research facilities.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
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application deadline is <b>January 15, 2025</b>*.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The
Department has a long-standing focus on community-engaged work with <b>Indigenous
languages</b> and their sustainability and revitalization. Current areas of
specialization include:</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
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<ul style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Documentation
and fieldwork</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> on languages of Canada, the US, Mexico,
Central America (especially, El Salvador), the Amazon and the South
Pacific (Antti Arppe, David Beck, Martin Guardado, Marianne Huijsmans,
Jordan Lachler, Yvonne Lam, and Jorge Rosés Labrada)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Curriculum
development and language teaching methods</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> for North American Indigenous languages (Lachler)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Indigenous
language sustainability and revitalization</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> (Huijsmans, Lachler, Lam, Rosés Labrada)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Language
technology</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> and linguistic software applications for
Indigenous languages (Arppe, Lachler)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Indigenous
language <b>lexicography</b> (Arppe, Beck, Huijsmans, Lachler, Rosés
Labrada)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Historical
linguistics</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> of the languages of the
Americas (Beck, Rosés Labrada)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Indigenous language revitalization
initiatives in <b>grassroots community groups</b> (Guardado)</span></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Please see the
full listing of current Department faculty here:</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.ualberta.ca/linguistics/people"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue">https://www.ualberta.ca/linguistics/people</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Our
research labs include the </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><a href="http://ldrc.artsrn.ualberta.ca/"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue">Language Documentation Research Cluster</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">, which has newly upgraded computing and audio/video
recording equipment for on-site and off-site data collection and processing,the
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><a href="http://altlab.ualberta.ca/"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Alberta Language Technology Lab</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">, which is engaged in the development of computational
models and various end-user software applications and resources for several
Indigenous languages spoken in North America, and the </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.ualberta.ca/en/canadian-indigenous-languages-and-literacy-development-institute/community/dragons-lab.html"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">DRAGONS Lab</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">, which conducts research on language revitalization
strategies globally.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">We
also work closely with the </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><a href="https://aphl.artsrn.ualberta.ca/"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue">Alberta Phonetics Laboratory</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> and have access to a number of sound-treated booths
for high-quality audio recording. Additionally, our students benefit from our
close ties with the </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.ualberta.ca/canadian-indigenous-languages-and-literacy-development-institute/"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue">Canadian Indigenous Languages
and Literacy Development Institute</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">
(CILLDI) and regularly gain experience working as interns and instructors for
CILLDI programs, both on campus and in communities.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Accepted
PhD graduate students are provided four years of funding in the form of TA and
RA stipends. Other support for research and conference travel, attending and
hosting disciplinary events, and obtaining tools for research is also
available. The Department offers cutting-edge training in statistical
techniques, research methodologies in language documentation and language
sustainability, psycholinguistics, and core areas of linguistics. Opportunities
for within-discipline and cross-disciplinary collaboration are also available.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">For
more information on the Department and the graduate admissions process, please
visit our departmental website at: </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.ualberta.ca/linguistics"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue">https://www.ualberta.ca/linguistics</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">, or contact Director of Graduate Studies, Professor
Johanne Paradis (</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:linggrad@ualberta.ca"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">linggrad@ualberta.ca</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">).</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
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LAB LINKS</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">CILLDI</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">: </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://cilldi.ualberta.ca"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">https://cilldi.ualberta.ca</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">DRAGONS</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">: </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.ualberta.ca/en/canadian-indigenous-languages-and-literacy-development-institute/community/dragons-lab.html"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">https://www.ualberta.ca/en/canadian-indigenous-languages-and-literacy-development-institute/community/dragons-lab.html</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">LDRC</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">: </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://ldrc.artsrn.ualberta.ca/"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">http://ldrc.artsrn.ualberta.ca/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">--</div>Dr. Martín Guardado, Professor<br></div><div dir="ltr">Department of Linguistics<br></div><div>Faculty of Arts</div><div dir="ltr">University of Alberta</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>