30.2448, Support: Anthropological Linguistics: PhD, James Cook University

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Subject: 30.2448, Support: Anthropological Linguistics: PhD, James Cook University

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Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 21:47:15
From: Alexandra Aikhenvald [Alexandra.Aikhenvald at jcu.edu.au]
Subject: Anthropological Linguistics: PhD, James Cook University, Australia

 Institution/Organization: James Cook University 
Department: Language and culture research centre 
Web Address: http://www.jcu.edu.au/lcrc/ 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research
 
Specialty Areas: Anthropological Linguistics 
Languages of the Pacific 

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, Dr Alexander Walker, Dr Luca Ciucci, and also
Professor Rosita Henry, 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. 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 limited advanced coursework and a
substantial dissertation. Candidates must thus have had thorough coursework
training before embarking on this PhD program. This should have included
courses on morphology, syntax, semantics, and phonology/phonetics, taught from
a non-formalist perspective. We place emphasis on work that has a sound
empirical basis but also shows a firm theoretical orientation (in terms of
general typological theory, now known as 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. In addition, senior scholars from across the world opt to spend
their sabbatical at the Language and Culture Research Centre.

The scholarship will be at the standard James Cook University rate, Australian
$27.592 pa. in 2019. Students coming from overseas are liable for a tuition
fee, waived if a 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 2020) is 30 September 2019.

Successful applicants would take up their PhD scholarships between January and
June 2020. (The academic year in Australia runs from February to November.)

Application form and procedures for international students can be found at:
https://www.jcu.edu.au/graduate-research-school/candidates/postgraduate-resear
ch-scholarships (JCUPRS scholarships). Online applications will be open in
July. This year, there will be one application for both candidature and
scholarship,

Prospective applicants are invited, in the first place, to get in touch with
Professor Alexandra Aikhenvald at Alexandra.Aikhenvald at jcu.edu.au, 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-2019 

Mailing Address for Applications:
	Attn: Prof Alexandra Aikhenvald 
	McGregor Road 
	Cairns Queensland 4870 
	Australia 
	
Web Address for Applications: http://https://www.jcu.edu.au/graduate-research-school/candidates/postgraduate-research-scholarships 

Contact Information: 
	Prof Alexandra Aikhenvald 
	alexandra.aikhenvald at jcu.edu.au 
	Phone:61 7 4232 1117  


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