PhD position

[Nick Thieberger]

PhD position, Linguistics, School of Languages and Linguistics at the
University of Melbourne

The PhD is attached to an Australian Research Council-funded project
titled 'Doing great things with small languages' (CIs are Rachel
Nordlinger and Nick Thieberger). This project aims to explore what a
documentary grammar of a language can be, and the extent to which
documentation and theory can be mutually beneficial. The PhD will
involve fieldwork on a previously undescribed language in Australia,
Vanuatu or the region. The department is part of the PARADISEC
(http://paradisec.org.au) consortium and this project emphasises the
citation of primary data in linguistic analysis. There is already one
PhD student working in the project and the two CIs are currently
working with speakers of Australian languages. A longer description of
the project goals can be found at
http://www.linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/research/projects/greatthings.html.

Applicants will need to successfully apply for an Australian
Postgraduate Award (APA) or International Postgraduate Research
Scholarship (IPRS) (for non-Australian citizens) and in addition to
that scholarship we are offering fieldwork expenses and a stimulating
cohort of students involved in fieldwork-based linguistic projects.

Details on applying for a PhD place at the University of Melbourne are
available at http://www.futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au/grad/research.

Deadline: To apply to be a part of this project, please send your CV
(including academic record) and an 800-1000 word research proposal to
Dr Nick Thieberger by June 21st 2010.
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