27.2054, Support: General Linguistics; Language Documentation; Phonetics; Psycholinguistics; Sociolinguistics; Typology / Australia

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LINGUIST List: Vol-27-2054. Wed May 04 2016. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 27.2054, Support: General Linguistics; Language Documentation; Phonetics; Psycholinguistics; Sociolinguistics; Typology / Australia

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Date: Wed, 04 May 2016 14:46:18
From: Rachel Nordlinger [racheln at unimelb.edu.au]
Subject: General Linguistics; Language Documentation; Phonetics; Psycholinguistics; Sociolinguistics; Typology, PhD, ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language, Australia

 Institution/Organization: ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language 
Department:  
Web Address: http://www.dynamicsoflanguage.edu.au/ 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research

Specialty Areas: General Linguistics; Language Documentation; Phonetics; Psycholinguistics; Sociolinguistics; Typology 

Description:

PhD Opportunities: The ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of
Language

Applications are now being sought for PhD positions in the Centre for
Excellence for the Dynamics of Language (CoEDL), funded by the Australian
Research Council for the period mid-2014 to mid-2021.

CoEDL (http://www.dynamicsoflanguage.edu.au/) has an ambitious series of
interlinked projects, focusing on language as a dynamic and variable system,
and drawing on the full diversity of the world’s languages, through four
programs focusing on the design space of language (Shape), how it is learned
(Learning) and processed (Processing), and how linguistic structures evolve at
various timescales (Evolution). Two ‘threads’ (Archiving, and New Generation
technologies) will enable the technological advances needed to drive forward
the language sciences in the coming decades. The Centre is strongly
interdisciplinary and features researchers from linguistics, speech pathology,
psychology, anthropology, philosophy, bioinformatics and robotics. CoEDL is
centred on four nodes (Australian National University, University of
Melbourne, Western Sydney University and University of Queensland), with
partner institutions in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, Asia, Europe
and North America.

Students will be required to win their own scholarship (Australian
Postgraduate Award or international equivalent or Endeavour Fellowship) (we
will try to help you in this process). Successful applicants will also receive
generous fieldwork and conference funding, as well as opportunities to attend
the annual CoEDL Summer Schools and other workshops through the year.

PhD positions are available at all four CoEDL nodes (ANU, University of
Melbourne, Western Sydney University and University of Queensland). For more
details on the different projects please see:
http://www.dynamicsoflanguage.edu.au/get-involved/vacancies/phd-opportunities/
. The topics are listed by university node. Note that some topics may be
undertaken at more than one node (for example all 4 nodes have staff who can
supervise theses on Indigenous Australian languages).

Please decide which projects you are interested in, and then send a CV
(including academic transcript) and a one-page summary of your relevant
research experience and interest in a particular topic to the relevant
supervisors by: 

- 31 May 2016 (International students applying to the University of
Queensland, and Endeavour scholarship applicants for all nodes)
- 31 July 2016 (all domestic students and international students applying to
ANU, Western Sydney University and University of Melbourne)

Application Deadline: 31-May-2016 

Web Address for Applications: http://www.dynamicsoflanguage.edu.au/get-involved/vacancies/phd-opportunities/ 

Contact Information: 
	Rachel Nordlinger 
	racheln at unimelb.edu.au  

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