<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2655.35">
<TITLE>PhD studentship in London</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<BR>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma">PHD STUDENTSHIP: Processing visual prosody of speech and sign</FONT></B></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Applications are invited for a 3-year post-graduate studentship, funded by the Hearing Research Trust. The planned study will use both behavioural (linguistic and psycholinguistic) and functional imaging techniques to investigate questions: sentences which have distinctive prosody in both signed and spoken language, during speech-reading by oral deaf participants, and during sign language processing by native signers. The results of this study will assist in our understanding of how spoken language and spoken language prosody is processed, as well as providing information about whether the facial information accompanying questions in signed language is comparable to auditory and visual prosody in spoken language.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The studentship is available from either October 2004 or February 2005 and pays an annual stiped at MRC London rates, plus EU student fees. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Applicants should have an MSc in linguistics, psychology, neuroscience or a related field, knowledge of BSL or another sign language, and knowledge of deaf people and the Deaf community. Applications from deaf researchers are particularly welcome. Informal enquiries may be made to Professor Bencie Woll, Tel: 020 7040 8354; Minicom/TTY: 020 7040 8314 or email: </FONT><A HREF="mailto:b.woll@city.ac.uk"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">b.woll@city.ac.uk</FONT></U></A></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Closing date for applications: 30 June 2004</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Application forms are available at: </FONT><A HREF="http://www.city.ac.uk/researchstudies/docfiles/resdeg.pdf"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://www.city.ac.uk/researchstudies/docfiles/resdeg.pdf</FONT></U></A>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Further details about the work of the Sign Language and Deaf Studies group may be found at</FONT>
<BR><A HREF="http://www.city.ac.uk/lcs/deaf_stud.htm"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://www.city.ac.uk/lcs/deaf_stud.htm</FONT></U></A>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Professor Bencie Woll</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Chair of Sign Language & Deaf Studies, Department of Language and Communication Science</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">City University, Northampton Square, London EC1V 0HB </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">+44 (0)20 7040 8354 (tel.) +44 (0)20 7040 8314 (minicom) +44 (0)20 7040 8577 (fax)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">b.woll@city.ac.uk </FONT><A HREF="www.city.ac.uk/lcs"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">www.city.ac.uk/lcs</FONT></U></A>
</P>
<BR>
</BODY>
</HTML>