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<DIV><SPAN class=276191514-14052002>Dear All,</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=276191514-14052002>please feel free to pass details of this
studentship on to anybody you think may be interested in applying.
Regards,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=276191514-14052002></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=276191514-14052002>Tony</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=276191514-14052002></SPAN> </DIV>
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<P align=center class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT size=3><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">MA Studentship - The
corpus-based study of South Asian languages<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoBodyText>Lancaster University Department of Linguistics and MEL is
offering an MA studentship in computer corpus-related research into the
languages of South Asia. The studentship is part of the EPSRC-funded EMILLE
project which is collecting a 67 million words of corpus data in Bengali,
Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi, Sinhala, Tamil or Urdu. This corpus data will form the
basis of the MA student's research. See the following website for more
details:</P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><A
href="http://www.emille.lancs.ac.uk/"><FONT
color=#000000>http://www.emille.lancs.ac.uk/</FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Applicants should be native
speakers of whichever language they wish to undertake research on. Note that the
University also requires documentary proof of an average IELTS score of 6.5 for
all non-native speakers of English.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">The studentship will run
from the start of October 2002 to the end of September 2003. The studentship
will cover fees (home or overseas) and provide a living allowance. No assistance
with relocation is available from the studentship.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Applicants should be willing
to undertake research in one of the four research areas listed below. To apply,
download the application forms from the following URL:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><A
href="http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/courses/research/"><FONT
color=#000000>http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/courses/research/</FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">In making the application,
candidates should complete the application form and write 'EMILLE' on the form
where a source of funding is asked for. Additionally, candidates should include
a one page description of how they propose to pursue the research topic they
have chosen. Closing date for applications is 1<SUP>st</SUP> July 2002.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Students may choose to
research one of the following research topics:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </SPAN><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">1.<FONT size=3><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></B><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Corpus-based dictionary
creation<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Many of the current standard
dictionaries of South Asian languages are quite old and are generally not
corpus-based. Using the EMILLE corpora as source of data, the student will
develop lexicographic resources for Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi, Sinhala,
Tamil or Urdu. Throughout the goal will be to apply the latest research in the
field of corpus-based lexicography to South Asian
languages.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </SPAN><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">2.<FONT size=3><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></B><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Anaphora and anaphor
resolution in Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi, Sinhala, Tamil or
Urdu<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </SPAN></B>Much
research has been undertaken on automated anaphor resolution for West European
languages. Research focused on the languages of South Asia is, by contrast,
relatively undeveloped. Students wishing to pursue research on anaphor
resolution for South Asian language may care to focus either on a corpus-based
account of the anaphors of one of the languages listed above, or may seek to
develop algorithms for automated anaphor resolution for one of Bengali,
Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi, Sinhala, Tamil or Urdu.</P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </SPAN><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">3.<FONT size=3><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></B><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Machine translation between
Hindi and Urdu<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Hindi and Urdu are very
similar languages in their spoken form, but differ greatly in their written
form. Using the EMILLE corpus as a data source, the student will develop, test
and evaluate software that can translate Hindi texts into Urdu (and vice
versa).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </SPAN><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">4.<FONT size=3><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></B><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Studying spoken
language<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">The student will study the
spoken data in the EMILLE corpus in order to fulfil one of the following
research goals:</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">examining the differences
between the spoken and written forms of the language;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">contrasting the dialects
of the language spoken in the UK and South Asia;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">analysing code-switching
in spoken texts.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI></UL>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">The languages which may be
studied for this project are Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi-Urdu or
Punjabi.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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