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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US">The Department of Linguistics and English Language at the University of Manchester, UK, invites
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US">applications from outstanding students for 2014-15 entry (start September 2014) for the following degree programmes:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US">- PhD in English Language (3 years)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US">- PhD in Linguistics (3 years)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US">- 1+3 (MA + PhD) programme in Linguistics / English Language (4 years)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US">High-ranking applications will be
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US">eligible for a range of competitive scholarships. Summaries of the eligibility criteria for each award, submission dates and additional links are provided further below. Please visit
<a href="http://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/fees/postgraduate-research-funding/" target="_blank">
http://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/fees/postgraduate-research-funding/</a> for details of the application process and further information.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US">The Department of Linguistics and English Language is an international centre for Linguistics and English Language, with 20 full-time
members of staff and approximately 30 Postgraduate Research students. It is unique in the UK and beyond in the breadth of subject areas and theoretical approaches represented by its members, many of whom are internationally renowned scholars in their specialisms.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US">Areas of expertise include phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax (lexical-functional grammar, role and reference grammar, construction grammar, and minimalism), (formal) semantics, pragmatics,
historical linguistics, dialectology, language contact, variational sociolinguistics, first language acquisition, field linguistics and language documentation, typology, and quantitative corpus-based approaches. In their research, members of the department
combine the advancement of theoretical approaches</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US"> with a strong concern for their
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US">empirical and methodological foundations.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US">For more information about the research interests of individual members of staff and current postgraduate students, please visit
<a href="http://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/subjects/lel/" target="_blank">http://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/subjects/lel/</a>. N</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US">ote that we cannot normally supervise projects with a primary focus
on second language teaching and learning.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US">PhD students in Linguistics and English Language are part of the diverse and dynamic postgraduate community in the new
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/graduateschool/" target="_blank"><span style="line-height:150%">Graduate School of the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US">,
and an outstanding and collegial research environment in the department.<span style="">
</span>Students enjoy access to excellent library and IT resources and training provision which also includes the possibility of accessing training and facilities at the partner institutions, Lancaster University and Liverpool University.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US">PhD Funding is available from the following sources – follow the links for further information:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><b style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US"><a href="http://documents.manchester.ac.uk/display.aspx?DocID=18402" target="_blank">The President's Doctoral Scholar (PDS) Competition</a>
</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US">Eligibility: students of all nationalities and research areas starting in September 2013.</span><b style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US">
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US">The<b style="">
</b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US">Award covers t</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%; color:black" lang="EN-US">uition fees (home/EU or international, as appropriate) and the equivalent of the research
council stipend (£13,726 in 2013-14).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US">Apply for a place on the PhD programme by <b>Friday</b>
<b style="">3<span style="">1 January 2014</span></b>. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US">Apply for the PDS award by <b>Friday</b>
<b style="">2<span style="">1 February 2014. </span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><b style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.nwdtc.ac.uk/prospective.html" target="_blank">Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Competition</a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US">Eligibility: UK and EU students intending to take a PhD degree (+3) or an MA followed by a PhD (1+3) in an area related to the Social Sciences (including
some subfields of linguistics).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US">The award covers tuition fees and an annual maintenance stipend of
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US">£13,863</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%; color:black" lang="EN-US">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US">for UK residents and EU nationals who have lived in the UK for three years, and tuition fees only for EU residents.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US">Apply for a place on the PhD programme by <b>Friday</b>
<b>17 January 2014</b>. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US">Apply for the ESRC award by <b>Monday</b>
<b style="">3<span style=""> February 2014. </span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US">The University of Manchester is a member of the ESRC's
<a href="http://www.nwdtc.ac.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#4A1E84">North West Doctoral Training College (DTC)</span></a>, which receives the largest number of ESRC PhD studentships in England.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%; color:#4A1E84" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><b style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.nwcdtp.ac.uk/funding/" target="_blank">Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Competition</a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US">Eligibility:<span style="color:#4A1E84">
</span>UK and EU students intending to take a PhD degree (3 years) or an MA followed by a PhD (1+3) in an area of Arts and Humanities (including linguistics).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US">The award covers tuition fees and an annual maintenance stipend of
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US">£13,863</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%; color:black" lang="EN-US">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US">for UK residents and EU nationals who have lived in the UK for three years, and tuition fees only for EU residents.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US">Apply for a place on the PhD programme by <b>Friday</b>
<b>31 January 2014</b>. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US">Apply for the AHRC award by <b style="">5pm on</b>
<b>Friday</b> <b style="">21<span style=""> February 2014. </span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US">Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application by 14</span><sup><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US">th</span></sup><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US">
April 2014.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US">The University of Manchester is a member of the AHRC-funded
<a href="http://www.nwcdtp.ac.uk/" target="_blank">North West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership</a> (NWCDTP).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%; color:#4A1E84" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US">In addition to the above awards, the School offers a number of Graduate Scholarships. These School awards are open to both Home/EU and Overseas students,
and often come with the opportunity to teach or assist in research-related activities. Additional information about the application process for these awards will be found und</span></p>
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http://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/fees/postgraduate-research-funding/</a>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US">Informal inquiries about potential research topics and the academic side of the application process can be directed to the department’s Postgraduate
Research Programme director, Prof Eva Schultze-Berndt (Eva.Schultze-Berndt <b style="">
at</b> manchester.ac.uk). For questions about the administrative side of the application process, please contact
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US">Phdsalc <b style="">
at</b> manchester.ac.uk</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%" lang="EN-US">.</span></p>
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