PhD scholarship in documentary and descriptive linguistics

[Doug Cooper]

For Australian or New Zealand residents.  Please contact:
karlaa at unimelb.adu.au   or
Sander Adelaar <s.adelaar at unimelb.edu.au>
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PhD scholarship in documentary and descriptive linguistics

On offer is a scholarship for three years to describe and document a seriously 
endangered language spoken along the Barito River in Central Kalimantan 
Province in Indonesian Borneo. This scholarship is part of an ARC Discovery 
Project which aims at the documentation, description and historical comparison 
of the East Barito languages in Borneo and Madagascar (Title: “The South East 
Barito languages of Indonesia and Madagascar: safeguarding their past and 
future”, Project No: DP120100390).

Value: The scholarship is valued at $22,860 per year.

Starting date: July 2012

Application deadline: Completed application form must be submitted by 31 May, 
2012.

Location: Research will be conducted in the Asia Institute, University of 
Melbourne, where the candidate will be provided with shared office space and 
administrative support.

Requirements:
We are looking for an Australian or New Zealand resident with a Masters degree 
in linguistics and basic training in the techniques of language description 
and/or documentation. Knowledge of Indonesian is a strong asset.

PhD Eligibility:
The successful applicant must meet the minimum entrance requirements for PhD 
enrolment at the University of Melbourne and be enrolled fulltime in the PhD 
from July 2012.

The PhD candidate will receive PhD thesis supervision from experts in 
Indonesian linguistics (in the Asia Institute) and language documentation (in 
the Linguistics Programme, School of Languages and Linguistics) at the 
University of Melbourne. The PhD programme involves coursework and substantial 
periods of fieldwork (ca. 1 year in total) in Central Kalimantan. (Equipment 
and financial support for fieldwork will be provided).

Information regarding applications for PhD enrolment in the Graduate School of 
Humanities and Social Sciences is available at: 
http://graduate.arts.unimelb.edu.au/research/admissions/apply.html

Contact address: For more information and application submission, please 
contact Alexander Adelaar, Asia Institute, University of Melbourne, VIC 3010; 
e-mail karlaa at unimelb.adu.au; ph. 8344 6650 or 9347 7636.


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