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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Dear colleagues<br><br>We are now advertising a new round of PhD scholarships at LCRC; see the advert just below my signature and as attachment.<br><br>Could you spread the word? One scholarship can be made available immediately.
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<div dir="ltr"><br>Best wishes<br><br>Sacha<br><br>
<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span>Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald,
PhD, DLitt, FAHA </span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span>Distinguished Professor
and Australian Laureate Fellow</span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span>Director of the Language
and Culture Research Centre</span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span>James Cook University</span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span>PO Box 6811, Cairns,
Queensland 4870, Australia</span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span>http://www.jcu.edu.au/faess/JCUPRD_043649.html</span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span>mobile 0400 305315, office
61-7-40421117</span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span>fax 61-7-4042 1880
http://www.aikhenvaldlinguistics.com/</span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span><a href="https://research.jcu.edu.au/researchatjcu/research/lcrc" target="_blank">https://research.jcu.edu.au/researchatjcu/research/lcrc</a></span></p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;tab-stops:18.0pt 42.55pt" align="center"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy"" lang="EN-AU">Come
and work in an exotic location, investigating a language which has never
previously been described!</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="font-variant:small-caps" lang="EN-AU">PhD scholarships at
the language and culture research centre, JCU, Australiaþ</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left" align="left"><span lang="EN-AU"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left" align="left"><span lang="EN-AU">Applications
are invited, from suitably qualified students, to enter the PhD program of the
Language and Culture Research Centre at James Cook University Australia.
Supervision will be provided by Professors Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, R. M. W.
Dixon, Dr Valérie Guérin, Dr Elena Mihas and Dr Simon Overall.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left" align="left"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Our PhD candidates generally undertake
extensive fieldwork on a previously undescribed (or scarcely described)
language and write a comprehensive grammar of it for their dissertation. They
are expected to work on a language which is still actively spoken, and to
establish a field situation within a community in which it is the first
language. Their first fieldtrip lasts for about nine months. After completing a
first draft of the grammar, back in Cairns, they undertake a second fieldtrip
of two to three months. Fieldwork methodology centres on the collection,
transcription and analysis of texts, together with participant observation, and
— at a later stage — judicious grammatical elicitation in the language under
description (not through the lingua franca of the country). Our main priority
areas are the languages of tropical Amazonia and the Papuan and Austronesian
languages of New Guinea and surrounding areas. However, we do not exclude
applicants who have an established interest in languages from other areas
(which need not necessarily lie within the tropics).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left" align="left"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>PhDs in Australian universities
generally involve no coursework, just a substantial dissertation. Candidates
must thus have had a thorough coursework training before embarking on this PhD
program. This should have included courses on morphology, syntax, semantics,
and phonology/phonetics, taught from a non-formalist perspective. We place
emphasis on work that has a sound empirical basis but also shows a firm
theoretical orientation (in terms of general typological theory, or what has
recently come to be called basic linguistic theory). </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left" align="left"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Distinguished Professor Alexandra
(Sasha) Aikhenvald is Australian Laureate Fellow and Research Leader for People
and Societies of the Tropics. Together with Professor R. M. W. Dixon, she heads
the Language and Culture Research Centre, which includes Research Fellows and a
growing number of doctoral students. In addition, senior scholars from across
the world opt to spend their sabbatical at the Language and Culture Research
Centre.</span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>The LCRC has strong links with
anthropologists, archaeologists and educationalists, with scholars working on
environmental issues, all within James Cook University. Further information is
available at </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-AU;mso-no-proof:yes" lang="EN-AU">https://research.jcu.edu.au/research/lcrc.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left" align="left"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>The scholarship will be at the
standard James Cook University rate, Australian $25,392 pa. Students coming
from overseas are liable for a tuition fee; but this may be waived in the case
of a student of high merit. A small relocation allowance may be provided on
taking up the scholarship. In addition, a generous allowance will be made to
cover fieldwork expenses and conference attendance. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left" align="left"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>The scholarship is for three years
(with the possibility of a six month extension). The deadline for application
by international students (starting in 2015) is 31 August 2014; the deadline
for students with Australian and New Zealand passports is 31 October 2014. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left" align="left"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>The academic year in Australia
commences about 1st March. Successful applicants would normally take up their
PhD scholarships between January and June 2015. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left" align="left"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>However, there will an opportunity
for a suitable applicant <b>to start at an earlier date</b> (with special
arrangements available immediately).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left" align="left"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>The application procedures for
international students can be found at: http://www.jcu.edu.au/grs/scholarships/JCUDEV_014949.html</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left" align="left"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Scholarship application form and procedures for
international students can be <br>
found at: http://www.jcu.edu.au/international/apply/index.htm</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left" align="left"><span lang="EN-AU"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left" align="left"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Prospective applicants are
invited, in the first place, to get in touch with Professor Aikhenvald at Alexandra.Aikhenvald@jcu.edu.au,
providing details of their background, qualifications and interests (including
a curriculum vitae). Applicants are advised to send samples of their written
work in linguistics (at least some of this should be in English).</span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-AU;mso-no-proof:yes" lang="EN-AU">Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, PhD, DLitt,
FAHA </span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-AU;mso-no-proof:yes" lang="EN-AU">Distinguished Professor and
Australian Laureate Fellow</span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-AU;mso-no-proof:yes" lang="EN-AU">Director of the Language and Culture
Research Centre</span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-AU;mso-no-proof:yes" lang="EN-AU">James Cook University</span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-AU;mso-no-proof:yes" lang="EN-AU">PO Box 6811, Cairns, Queensland 4870,
Australia</span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-AU;mso-no-proof:yes" lang="EN-AU">http://www.jcu.edu.au/faess/JCUPRD_043649.html</span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-AU;mso-no-proof:yes" lang="EN-AU">mobile 0400 305315, office
61-7-42321117</span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-AU;mso-no-proof:yes" lang="EN-AU">fax 61-7-4042 1880
http://www.aikhenvaldlinguistics.com/</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left" align="left"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU;
mso-bidi-language:HE;mso-no-proof:yes" lang="EN-AU">http://www.jcu.edu.au/lcrc/</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left" align="left"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" lang="EN-AU">Alexandra.Aikhenvald@jcu.edu.au
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