[Lingtyp] Opportunities for graduate studies in Indigenous Language Documentation and Sustainability

[Antti Arppe]

[apologies for cross-postings]

The Department of Linguistics at the University of Alberta, which 
celebrated its 50th 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.

*The application deadline is January 15, 2023*.

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: https://www.ualberta.ca/linguistics/people), in 
particular Indigenous languages and their sustainability, including

a. Documentation and fieldwork on languages of Canada, Mexico and the 
US, and the Amazon (Arppe, Beck, Huijsmans, Lachler, Rosés Labrada)

b. The first and second language acquisition of North American 
Indigenous languages (Lachler)

c. Indigenous language sustainability and revitalization (Huijsmans, 
Lachler, Rosés Labrada)

d. Language technology and linguistic software applications for 
Indigenous languages (Arppe)

e. Indigenous language lexicography (Beck, Huijsmans, Lachler, Rosés 
Labrada)

f. Historical linguistics of the languages of the Americas (Beck, Rosés 
Labrada)

Our research labs include the Language Documentation Research Cluster 
(https://ldrc.artsrn.ualberta.ca), which has newly upgraded computing 
and audio/video recording equipment for on-site and off-site data 
collection and processing, and the Alberta Language Technology Lab 
(https://altlab.ualberta.ca), 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 Alberta Phonetics Lab 
(https://aphl.artsrn.ualberta.ca) 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 Canadian Indigenous 
Languages and Literacy Development Institute 
(https://cilldi.ualberta.ca)  and regularly gain experience working as 
interns for CILLDI programs.

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.

For more information on the Department and the graduate admissions 
process, please visit our departmental website at: 
https://www.ualberta.ca/linguistics, or contact the department’s 
Director of Graduate Programs, Dr. Johanne Paradis (linggrad at ualberta.ca).

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Antti Arppe - Ph.D (General Linguistics), M.Sc. (Engineering)
Associate Professor of Quantitative Linguistics
Director, Alberta Language Technology Lab (ALTLab)
Project Director, 21st Century Tools for Indigenous Languages (21C)
President, ACL SIG for Endangered Languages (SIGEL)
Department of Linguistics, University of Alberta
E-mail: arppe at ualberta.ca, antti.arppe at iki.fi
WWW: www.ualberta.ca/~arppe, altlab.artsrn.ualberta.ca
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