22.954, Support: West Papuan & Lang Documentation: U. of New England (Australia)

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Subject: 22.954, Support: West Papuan & Lang Documentation: U. of New England (Australia)

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Date: 24-Feb-2011
From: Jeff Siegel [jsiegel at une.edu.au]
Subject: Morehead-Maro Family & Language Documentation, Linguistic Analysis: PhD Student, University of New England (Australia)

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Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:39:52
From: Jeff Siegel [jsiegel at une.edu.au]
Subject: Morehead-Maro Family & Language Documentation, Linguistic Analysis: PhD Student, University of New England (Australia)

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Institution/Organization: University of New England (Australia) 
Department: School of Behavioural, Cognitive & Social Sciences 
Web Address: http://www.une.edu.au/bcss/linguistics/ 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research

Specialty Areas: Language Documentation 
Linguistic Analysis 

Language Family: West Papuan 

Description:

Applications are invited for a PhD scholarship offered by the University of 
New 
England (UNE) in Australia as part of an Australia Research Council funded 
project: 
The Languages of Southern New Guinea. The scholarship is valued at 
Aus$30,000 
per year for three years. Funds of around Aus$25,000 will also be available 
for field 
work expenses. 

The ARC Project:
This project will investigate, analyse and record the barely-known 
languages of 
Southern New Guinea, stretching across Papua New Guinea and Indonesia 
just north 
of Australia. It will produce grammatical descriptions for six of the thirty 
languages of 
the area, plus a comparative database and handbook of the languages of 
the region.

The successful candidate will be based at UNE and work on a language of 
the 
Morehead-Maro family, in the Morehead district of Papua New Guinea. 
S/he will be 
part of a research team headed by Prof Nicholas Evans of the Australian 
National 
University (ANU), and including Prof Jeff Siegel at UNE, and Dr Wayan Arka 
and two 
PhD students at ANU.

Requirements:
Applicants should hold an Honours or Masters degree in Linguistics, or an 
equivalent 
qualification. 

Starting date:
The successful candidate will start at UNE any time between 29 August 
2011 and 9 
January 2012.

Application process:
Applicants should contact Prof Jeff Siegel for detailed information about the 
application process (contact details below). 

Application Deadline: 04-Apr-2011 

Web Address for Applications: http://www.une.edu.au/research-
services/forms/hdr.php 

Contact Information: 
	Prof Jeff Siegel 
	jsiegel at une.edu.au 
	Phone:+61 2 6773 3203

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