33.379, Support: Finnish; Semantics: PhD, Griffith University

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Subject: 33.379, Support: Finnish; Semantics: PhD, Griffith University

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Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2022 14:11:39
From: Lauren Sadow [l.sadow at griffith.edu.au]
Subject: Finnish; Semantics: PhD, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia

 Institution/Organization: Griffith University 
Department: Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research 
Web Address: https://www.griffith.edu.au/griffith-centre-social-cultural-research 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research
 
Specialty Areas: Semantics 
Lexical Semantics 
Required Language(s): Finnish (fin)

Description:

This PhD scholarship is connected with the Australian Research Council
Discovery Project “The Building Blocks of Meaning: A linguistic approach”. The
PhD research will focus on the lexical semantics of Finnish.

The goal of the “Building Blocks of Meaning” project is to investigate how
complex meanings are built up from more basic building blocks, and to what
extent basic meanings differ between different languages, cultures, and
geographical zones. It is based on the theory and methodology of the Natural
Semantic Metalanguage (NSM) approach. Finnish is one of three languages being
investigated in depth, along with English and Chinese. See
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hODJ7mr1rTQ. 

The PhD candidate will play an important role in achieving the project’s aims
in relation to Finnish. To this end, the candidate’s research must include a
study of the semantics of “environmental words” in Finnish. It may also
examine other related areas of Finnish lexicon, such as climate-related
vocabulary or geographical terms. If desired, it may include an applied
aspect, for example, in Easy Finnish (Finn. selkokieli), of up to 25% of the
total research.

The PhD will be co-supervised by Prof. Cliff Goddard and by Dr. Ulla Vanhatalo
(University of Helsinki), who is one of the Partner Investigators on the ARC
project.

PhD candidate will have the unique opportunity of working as part of a leading
team of ARC-funded researchers to develop a competitive track record of
publications and other research outputs.

Please do not apply directly for this scholarship. We ask you to first
register your Expression of Interest, by completing the form on the website
below (see the "EoI Process" tab).  
 

Web Address for Applications: https://www.griffith.edu.au/research-study/scholarships/finnish-lexical-semantics-nsm-approach 

Contact Information: 
	Lauren Sadow
	l.sadow at griffith.edu.au  


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