27.421, Internships: General Ling; Lang Doc; Phonetics; Socioling: Research Development, British Library/UK

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Subject: 27.421, Internships: General Ling; Lang Doc; Phonetics; Socioling: Research Development, British Library/UK

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Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 14:22:25
From: Research Development [Research.Development at bl.uk]
Subject: Developing Access to the English VoiceBank: PhD Placement

University or Organization: British Library
Department: Research Development
Web Address: http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/highered/phd-placement-scheme/

Type of Work: Archiving

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics
                     Language Documentation
                     Phonetics
                     Sociolinguistics

Duration: 01-Jun-2016 to 31-Aug-2016
Voluntary
Internship Location: London, St Pancras, United Kingdom
Minimum Education Level: MA
Special Qualifications: Current PhD student in Linguistics or English Language 

Description:
The British Library are running a series of 3-month (or PT equivalent) PhD
Placements, hosted by our specialist curatorial teams and other Library
experts. Of the 17 placements currently on offer, this one may be of
particular interest to current PhD students studying linguistics: 

Developing access to the English Voicebank

The Evolving English Voicebank is a substantial audio archive of c. 15,000
voices created by visitors to the Library's Evolving English exhibition in
2010/2012. The collection is only partially catalogued and the placement
offers the opportunity to work with specialist curators to catalogue a subset
of digital audio files created by the public.

A thorough grounding in dialectology, sociolinguistics and/or phonetics is
essential and familiarity with British accents is desirable.

Open to all doctoral students (as long as they have the support of their
supervisor or graduate tutor) the placement scheme includes a dedicated
workplan, plus full supervision and training. All placement students are
allocated their own desk and/or workspace, and are fully integrated into the
working environment of the team/department in which they are based.

The Library’s placement scheme has been developed in consultation with HEI
partners and stakeholders. Students applying for a placement at the Library
are expected to consult their HEI or Doctoral Training Partnership/Doctoral
Training Centre to ascertain what funding is available to support them.

Placements will be held between June 2016 – May 2017. Exact start dates to be
pre-agreed with successful candidates.

Details about the scheme and application guidelines:
http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/highered/phd-placement-scheme

Application deadline: 19 February 2016

Contact Research.Development at bl.uk for all queries or to be added to our
mailing list.

Application Deadline: 19-Feb-2016

Web Address for Applications:http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/highered/phd-placement-scheme/
Contact Information:
	Research Development
	Email: Research.Development.bl.uk

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