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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
13.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The Department of Linguistics and English Language at the University of Manchester, UK, invites
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
16.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">applications from outstanding students for 2014-15 entry (start September 2014) for the following degree programmes:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:
Helvetica">- PhD in English Language (3 years)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:
Helvetica">- PhD in Linguistics (3 years)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
16.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">- 1+3 (MA + PhD) programme in Linguistics / English Language (4 years)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
13.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:
12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana">High-ranking applications will be
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">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/">
http://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/fees/postgraduate-research-funding/</a> for details of the application process, and further information.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
13.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">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 lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;
mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana">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 lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
13.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS""> with a strong
concern for their </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
13.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana">empirical and methodological foundations. Each member of staff also has a special interest in particular languages
and language families, including English, other European languages such as French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, and Finnish, other widely studied languages such as Arabic, Hebrew and Turkish, and in addition Creole languages of the Caribbean and
Australia, minority languages of Europe (Romani, Irish), Latin America (Quechua, Huave, Misumalpan) and Australia, and lesser known Iranian languages. We have a strong record of successfully completed postgraduate projects on lesser known languages and welcome
applications by speakers working on their own language. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">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/">
http://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/subjects/lel/</a>. N</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana">ote that we cannot normally supervise projects with a primary focus on second language
teaching and learning.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
13.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
13.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana">PhD students in Linguistics and English Language are part of the diverse and dynamic postgraduate community in the new
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:
12.0pt;line-height:150%"><a href="http://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/graduateschool/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:
13.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana">Graduate School of the School of Arts, Languages
and Cultures</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:
Verdana">, and an outstanding and collegial research environment in the department.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
13.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
13.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana">PhD Funding is available from the following sources – follow the links for further information:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:
12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;mso-outline-level:1"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:150%"><a href="http://documents.manchester.ac.uk/display.aspx?DocID=18402">The President's Doctoral
Scholar (PDS) Competition</a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;mso-outline-level:1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;
mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana">Eligibility: students of all nationalities and research areas starting in
September 2013.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%">
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%">The<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">
</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
13.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana">Award covers t</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
color:black">uition
fees (home/EU or international, as appropriate) and the equivalent of the research council stipend (£13,726 in 2013-14).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:
12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana">Apply for a place on the PhD programme by <b>Friday</b>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">3<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">1 January 2014</span></b>.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:
12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana">Apply for the PDS award by <b>Friday</b>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">2<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">1 February 2014.
<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:
12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%"><a href="http://www.nwdtc.ac.uk/prospective.html">Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Competition</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:
12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana">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).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:
12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana">The award covers tuition fees and an annual maintenance stipend of
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">£13,863</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:
12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;
mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana">for UK residents and EU nationals who have lived in the UK for three years, and tuition fees only for EU residents.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:
12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana">Apply for a place on the PhD programme by <b>Friday</b>
<b>17 January 2014</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:
12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana">Apply for the ESRC award by <b>Monday</b>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">3<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> February 2014.
<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:
12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana">The University of Manchester is a member of the ESRC's
<a href="http://www.nwdtc.ac.uk/"><span style="color:#4A1E84">North West Doctoral Training College (DTC)</span></a>, which receives the largest number of ESRC PhD studentships in England.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:
12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;
color:#4A1E84"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%"><a href="http://www.nwcdtp.ac.uk/funding/">Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Competition</a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana">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).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:
12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana">The award covers tuition fees and an annual maintenance stipend of
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">£13,863</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:
12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;
mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana">for UK residents and EU nationals who have lived in the UK for three years, and tuition fees only for EU residents.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:
12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana">Apply for a place on the PhD programme by <b>Friday</b>
<b>31 January 2014</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:
12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana">Apply for the AHRC award by <b>Friday</b>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">21<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> February 2014.
<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:
12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana">The University of Manchester is a member of the AHRC-funded
<a href="http://www.nwcdtp.ac.uk/">North West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership</a> (NWCDTP).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:
12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;
color:#4A1E84"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:
12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana">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 under
<a href="http://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/fees/postgraduate-research-funding/">http://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/fees/postgraduate-research-funding/</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:
12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:
12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">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="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">at</b> manchester.ac.uk). For questions about the administrative side of the application process, contact</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:
12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS""> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">Phdsalc
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">at</b> manchester.ac.uk</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">.</span></p>
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