21.5104, Support: Pragmatics: PhD Student, University College London, UK

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Date: 14-Dec-2010
From: Natalie Wilkins [n.wilkins at ucl.ac.uk]
Subject: Pragmatics: PhD Student, University College London, United Kingdom
 

	
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Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 17:40:07
From: Natalie Wilkins [n.wilkins at ucl.ac.uk]
Subject: Pragmatics: PhD Student, University College London, United Kingdom

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Institution/Organization: University College London 
Department: Department of Linguistics 
Web Address: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/psychlangsci/research/linguistics 

Level: PhD 

Specialty Areas: Pragmatics 
 

Description:

UCL Pragmatics: PhD position available
(NOTE: must start before July 2011)

The Division of Psychology and Language Sciences (UCL) has a new fully-funded 
PhD studentship in Pragmatics (theoretical and/or experimental), made available 
by funding from the Leverhulme Trust to Professor Robyn Carston for a project 
entitled 'Understanding Metaphor: Ad Hoc Concepts and Imagined Worlds'.

We invite applications for this PhD studentship, which must start by 1st July 2011 
at the latest and preferably by April 2011. Applicants should have an excellent 
academic record, including a first class undergraduate degree in linguistics, 
cognitive science, philosophy, psychology or a related discipline, and have 
knowledge of pragmatic theory (preferably including Sperber & Wilson's relevance 
theory) and/or have done some empirical work on language processing. 

The project involves the experimental testing of ideas about the nature of 
metaphor processing, so the ideal candidate will combine theoretical depth with 
experimental skills. The primary supervisor will be Robyn Carston, on the 
theoretical side, and the secondary supervisor will be Dr Paula Rubio-Fernandez, 
who is an experienced experimental pragmaticist. The student will also benefit 
from interaction with the very active pragmatics-semantics research group in the 
Division and the recently established experimental pragmatics group, headed by Dr 
Richard Breheny, and including Dr Nausicaa Pouscoulous (development 
pragmatics) and Dr Nathan Klinedinst (semantics-pragmatics interface). One of the 
key advisors on the project is Professor Deirdre Wilson, well-known for her ground-
breaking work with Dan Sperber on Relevance Theory.   
 
For initial expressions of interest and for more details about the project, please 
contact Robyn Carston:  robyn.carston at ucl.ac.uk

The deadline for applications is 31st January 2011.
Interviewing of short-listed candidates will take place in mid-February 2011.

To apply for the studentship, please send your C.V., degree transcripts, personal 
statement and two references to Natalie Wilkins: n.wilkins at ucl.ac.uk 

Application Deadline: 31-Jan-2011 

Mailing Address for Applications:
	Attn: Ms Natalie Wilkins 
	Division of Psychology and Language Sciences 
	Chandler House, 2 Wakefield Street 
	London London WC1N 1PF 
	United Kingdom 	
	
Contact Information: 
	Natalie Wilkins 
	n.wilkins at ucl.ac.uk 
	Phone:+44 (0)20 7679 4245  



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