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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Applied Linguistics PhD opportunities at the University of Birmingham<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">ESRC</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> Midlands Graduate School DTP Open Competition
</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics at the University of Birmingham encourages applications for ESRC studentships from applicants who are keen to pursue high-level
doctoral studies in the field of Applied Linguistics.</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The University of Birmingham is part of the ESRC Midlands Graduate School Doctoral Training Partnership with Aston University, the University of Leicester, the University of Loughborough,
the University of Nottingham and the University of Warwick. Opportunities at the University of Birmingham include the approved pathway of Applied Linguistics.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">We encourage applications that relate to the major research strengths of the Department: corpus linguistics, stylistics, discourse analysis, cognitive linguistics and psycholinguistics.
We particularly welcome applications on the following topics:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The acquisition and processing of idioms and figurative language</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Lexical and phraseological aspects of language impairment</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The application of cognitive linguistics and psycholinguistics to advertising and marketing research</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The application of cognitive and computational linguistics to the analysis of online review data (e.g. Yelp, IMDb)</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The application of genre analysis (and rhetoric) to business and organisational discourse<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Experimental approaches to critical discourse analysis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The application of Construction Grammar to language teaching<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Corpus-based language pedagogy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Acquisition (L1 and L2) and the processing of argument structure<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Candidates can apply for a range of awards (covering doctoral study only or both masters and doctoral study).
</span><span lang="EN-US">All studentships can be offered on a full or part time basis.
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Please note that the scheme is very competitive and so applicants need to have an excellent academic record.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The closing date for applications is <b>Tuesday 24 January 2017</b>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Interested students are encouraged to make contact with potential supervisors as soon as possible in order to start discussing their research projects.</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">More information
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Information about the DTP, training pathways and eligibility for studentships, as well as the application form and guidance notes, can be found here:</span><span lang="EN-US">
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/mgsdtp/">https://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/mgsdtp/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">For information on ESRC applications to the University of Birmingham, please click here:</span><span lang="EN-US">
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/postgraduate/dr-fees/esrc/index.aspx">http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/postgraduate/dr-fees/esrc/index.aspx</a>. Prospective students who would like to know more can
email <a href="mailto:studentships@contacts.bham.ac.uk">studentships@contacts.bham.ac.uk</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Information about staff research in the Department can be found here:</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/englishlanguage/research/index.aspx">http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/englishlanguage/research/index.aspx</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Information about the Department can be found here:</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/englishlanguage/index.aspx"><span style="color:purple">http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/englishlanguage/index.aspx</span></a></span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">For more information on applying for the PhD programme in English Language and Applied Linguistics at Birmingham, click here:
<a href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/postgraduate/courses/research/english/eng-lang-applied-linguistics.aspx">
<span style="color:purple">http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/postgraduate/courses/research/english/eng-lang-applied-linguistics.aspx</span></a></span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Dr Amanda Patten<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">University of Birmingham Applied Linguistics Pathway Contact<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Lecturer in Historical Linguistics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">University of Birmingham<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">129a, 3 Elms Road<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Edgbaston<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Birmingham<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">B15 2TT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">+44 (0)121 414 2059<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="mailto:A.L.Patten@bham.ac.uk">A.L.Patten@bham.ac.uk</a> </span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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