22.954, Support: West Papuan & Lang Documentation: U. of New England (Australia)
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Subject: 22.954, Support: West Papuan & Lang Documentation: U. of New England (Australia)
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Date: 24-Feb-2011
From: Jeff Siegel [jsiegel at une.edu.au]
Subject: Morehead-Maro Family & Language Documentation, Linguistic Analysis: PhD Student, University of New England (Australia)
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Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:39:52
From: Jeff Siegel [jsiegel at une.edu.au]
Subject: Morehead-Maro Family & Language Documentation, Linguistic Analysis: PhD Student, University of New England (Australia)
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Institution/Organization: University of New England (Australia)
Department: School of Behavioural, Cognitive & Social Sciences
Web Address: http://www.une.edu.au/bcss/linguistics/
Level: PhD
Duties: Research
Specialty Areas: Language Documentation
Linguistic Analysis
Language Family: West Papuan
Description:
Applications are invited for a PhD scholarship offered by the University of
New
England (UNE) in Australia as part of an Australia Research Council funded
project:
The Languages of Southern New Guinea. The scholarship is valued at
Aus$30,000
per year for three years. Funds of around Aus$25,000 will also be available
for field
work expenses.
The ARC Project:
This project will investigate, analyse and record the barely-known
languages of
Southern New Guinea, stretching across Papua New Guinea and Indonesia
just north
of Australia. It will produce grammatical descriptions for six of the thirty
languages of
the area, plus a comparative database and handbook of the languages of
the region.
The successful candidate will be based at UNE and work on a language of
the
Morehead-Maro family, in the Morehead district of Papua New Guinea.
S/he will be
part of a research team headed by Prof Nicholas Evans of the Australian
National
University (ANU), and including Prof Jeff Siegel at UNE, and Dr Wayan Arka
and two
PhD students at ANU.
Requirements:
Applicants should hold an Honours or Masters degree in Linguistics, or an
equivalent
qualification.
Starting date:
The successful candidate will start at UNE any time between 29 August
2011 and 9
January 2012.
Application process:
Applicants should contact Prof Jeff Siegel for detailed information about the
application process (contact details below).
Application Deadline: 04-Apr-2011
Web Address for Applications: http://www.une.edu.au/research-
services/forms/hdr.php
Contact Information:
Prof Jeff Siegel
jsiegel at une.edu.au
Phone:+61 2 6773 3203
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