[Corpora-List] PhD Studentships in Linguistics and Cross-Cultural Studies, City University of Hong Kong

[Alex Chengyu Fang]

PhD Studentships in Linguistics and Cross-Cultural Studies, 2009

Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics

City University of Hong Kong

http://www.cityu.edu.hk/ctl

 

The Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics at City University of
Hong Kong announces the availability of studentships for study leading
towards PhD degrees in linguistics and cross-cultural studies.

 

Areas of Study

 

The studentships will be available for the following broad areas of study
(listed in alphabetical order):

 

*         Computational/Corpus Linguistics

*         Cultural and Cross-Cultural Studies 

*         Discourse and text analysis

*         Linguistics and language studies (Chinese, English, Japanese,
Korean, etc)

*         Syntax and Semantics

*         Translation Studies

 

The Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics, CityU

 

The Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics represents a dynamic
body of teaching and research expertise embracing three disciplines of
study: Chinese, translation studies and linguistics. It is within the
Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences of City University of Hong Kong. It
hosts the following research groups:

 

*         Chinese Philology Studies Group

*         Cross-Cultural Studies Group

*         Dialogue Systems Group

*         Language Acquisition Group

 

It is at the same time in close cooperation with the following research
centres:

 

*         The Halliday Centre for Intelligent Applications of Language
Studies

*         Language Information Science Research Centre

 

Our offer

 

*         Successful applicants receive stipends of HK$13,440 (about €1,280
or US$1,730) per month for three years.

*         The studentships require residence in Hong Kong for at least half
of the study period and they must result in a PhD dissertation.

*         Research-degree tuition scholarships are also available which will
waive tuition fees for one year.

 

Your profile

 

*         an MA degree in a related field such as Linguistics, Computer
Science and cultural studies, depending on your research area

*         excellent academic record at undergraduate and Master's levels 

*         strong ability to work independently

*         keen interest in interdisciplinary research 

*         prior research experience and publication a plus

 

Application

 

Interested applicants should send a research proposal and a CV via email to
Ms Peggy Tse, email:  <mailto:peggy.tse at cityu.edu.hk>
peggy.tse at cityu.edu.hk. For information about requirements or online
application, please visit http://www.cityu.edu.hk/cityu/dpt-acad/sgs.htm.

 

Additional information

 

For additional information, interested applicants are welcome to contact

 

Dr Alex Fang

Dept of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics

City University of Hong Kong

Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon

Hong Kong SAR

Email:  <mailto:acfang at cityu.edu.hk> acfang at cityu.edu.hk.

Phone: (852) 2788 8793 

 

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