29.2402, Support: Anthropological Linguistics; Grammar Writing: PhD, James Cook University

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Subject: 29.2402, Support: Anthropological Linguistics; Grammar Writing: PhD, James Cook University

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Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2018 10:37:02
From: Alexandra Aikhenvald [Alexandra.Aikhenvald at jcu.edu.au]
Subject: Anthropological Linguistics; Grammar Writing: PhD, James Cook University, Australia

 Institution/Organization: JCU 
Department: Language and culture research centre 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research
 
Specialty Areas: Anthropological Linguistics 
Grammar Writing 

Description:

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 Professor Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald,
Professor R. M. W. Dixon, Professor Rosita Henry, Dr Alexander Walker, Dr Luca
Ciucci, and Dr Michael Wood.

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 six to 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 Papuan and Austronesian
languages of New Guinea and surrounding areas, and the languages of tropical
Amazonia. However, we do not exclude applicants who have an established
interest in languages from other areas (which need not necessarily lie within
the tropics).

PhDs in Australian universities involve some coursework and a substantial
dissertation. Candidates must thus have had thorough coursework training
before embarking on this PhD program, including courses on morphology, syntax,
semantics, and phonology/phonetics, taught from a non-formalist perspective.
We place emphasis on work with 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). 

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. 

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
http://www.jcu.edu.au/lcrc/

The scholarship will be at the standard James Cook University rate, Australian
$27.488 pa. Students coming from overseas are liable for a tuition fee; but
this will be waived if scholarship is awarded. A small relocation allowance
may be provided on taking up the scholarship. In addition, an adequate
allowance will be made to cover fieldwork expenses and conference attendance. 

The scholarship is for three and a half years. The deadline for application
(starting in 2019) is 30 September 2018.

Successful applicants would take up their PhD scholarships between January and
June 2019. (The academic year in Australia runs from February to November.)

Application form and procedures for international students can be found at the
application link provided below. Applications will be fully open in early
July.

Prospective applicants are invited, in the first place, to get in touch with
Professor Alexandra Aikhenvald at the contact information below, 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).
 

Application Deadline: 30-Sep-2018 

Mailing Address for Applications:
	Attn: Prof Alexandra Aikhenvald 
	D3, James Cook University, PO Box 6811 
	McGregor Drive 
	Cairns Queensland 4878 
	Australia 
	
Web Address for Applications: https://www.jcu.edu.au/graduate-research-school/candidates/prospective-students/how-to-apply 

Contact Information: 
	Prof Alexandra Aikhenvald 
	alexandra.aikhenvald at jcu.edu.au 
	Phone:61 7 42321117  


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