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<span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Our department would really appreciate it if you could share this ad (below) with your students and through your networks. If you have or know of a qualified student who's considering applying for graduate
studies in linguistics and is interested in work with Indigenous languages, we'd love to have them apply to our program.</font></span></p>
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<span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Jorge</font></span></p>
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<div style="font-size:12.8px"><font size="1" color="#0b5394">Jorge Emilio Rosés Labrada</font></div>
<div style="font-size:12.8px"><font size="1" color="#0b5394">Assistant Professor, Indigenous Language Sustainability</font></div>
<div style="font-size:12.8px"><font size="1" color="#0b5394">Department of Linguistics</font></div>
<div style="font-size:12.8px"><font size="1" color="#0b5394">University of Alberta</font></div>
<div style="font-size:12.8px"><font size="1" color="#0b5394">Tel: (+1) 780-492-5698</font></div>
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<div><font size="1" color="#0b5394"><a href="mailto:jrosesla@ualberta.ca" target="_blank">jrosesla@ualberta.ca</a> </font></div>
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<span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">**Apologies for cross-postings**</font></span></p>
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<span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">The <b>Department of Linguistics at the University of Alberta</b>, which<b>
</b>celebrated its 50<sup>th</sup>anniversary in 2019, offers funded MSc and PhD positions for prospective graduate students interested to learn and conduct research with our vibrant team of faculty members, graduate students, and other academics in state-of-the-art
research facilities.</font></span></p>
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<span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">*The application deadline is <b>January 10, 2019</b>*.</font></span></p>
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<font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">In recognition of the Department’s leading position in multiple sub-areas of linguistics, the University has made significant investments in departmental support, including six new faculty members, and
new and expanded research laboratories and community engagement spaces, strengthening the Department’s expertise in the study of language (see:
</span><a href="https://www.ualberta.ca/linguistics/people" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">https://www.ualberta.ca/linguistics/people</span></a><span style="color:black">), in particular Indigenous languages and their sustainability, including</span></font></p>
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<font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span><span style="color:black">Documentation and fieldwork on languages of Canada, Mexico and the US, and the Amazon (Arppe, Beck, Lachler, Rice, Rosés Labrada)</span></font></p>
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<font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span><span style="color:black">The first and second language acquisition of North American Indigenous languages (Lachler)</span></font></p>
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<font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span><span style="color:black">Indigenous language sustainability and revitalization (Lachler, Rice, Rosés Labrada)</span></font></p>
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<font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span><span style="color:black">Language technology and linguistic software applications for Indigenous languages (Arppe)</span></font></p>
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</span></span><span style="color:black">Phonetics of Indigenous languages (Tucker)</span></font></p>
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<font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span><span style="color:black">Indigenous language lexicography (Beck, Lachler, Rice, Rosés Labrada)</span></font></p>
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<font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span><span style="color:black">Historical linguistics of the languages of the Americas (Beck, Rosés Labrada)</span></font></p>
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<font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Our research labs include the </span><a href="http://ldrc.artsrn.ualberta.ca/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Language Documentation Research Cluster</span></a><span style="color:black">, which
has newly upgraded computing and audio/video recording equipment for on-site and off-site data collection and processing, and the </span><a href="http://altlab.artsrn.ualberta.ca/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Alberta Language Technology Lab</span></a><span style="color:black">,
which is engaged in the development of computational models and various end-user software applications and resources for several Indigenous languages spoken in North America. We also work closely with the </span><a href="https://aphl.artsrn.ualberta.ca/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Alberta
Phonetics Lab</span></a><span style="color:black"> and have access to a number of sound-treated booths for high-quality audio recording. Additionally, our students benefit from our close ties with the </span><a href="https://www.ualberta.ca/canadian-indigenous-languages-and-literacy-development-institute/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Canadian
Indigenous Languages and Literacy Development Institute</span></a><span style="color:black"> and regularly gain experience working as interns for CILLDI programs.</span></font></p>
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<span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Accepted graduate students are provided four years of funding for the PhD and two years of funding for the MSc in the form of TA and RA stipends. Other support for research and conference travel, attending
and hosting disciplinary events, and obtaining tools for research is also available. The Department offers cutting-edge training in statistical techniques and various research methodologies. Opportunities for within-discipline and cross-disciplinary collaboration
are also available.</font></span></p>
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<font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">For more information on the Department and the graduate admissions process, please visit our departmental website at:
</span><a href="https://www.ualberta.ca/linguistics" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">https://www.ualberta.ca/linguistics</span></a><span style="color:black">, or contact Associate Chair Graduate Johanne Paradis (</span><a href="mailto:linggrad@ualberta.ca" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(16,60,192)">linggrad@ualberta.ca</span></a><span style="color:black">).</span></font></p>
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respects the history, languages, and cultures of the First Nations, Métis, Inuit, </b><b style="color:rgb(11,83,148);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">and all First Peoples of Canada, whose presence continues to enrich our institution.</b></font></div>
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