23.2692, Support: Anthropological Linguistics, Language Documentation: PhD Student, James Cook University, Australia

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Subject: 23.2692, Support: Anthropological Linguistics, Language Documentation: PhD Student, James Cook University, Australia

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Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 15:49:08
From: Alexandra Aikhenvald [Alexandra.Aikhenvald at jcu.edu.au]
Subject: Anthropological Linguistics, Language Documentation: PhD Student, James Cook University, Australia

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 Institution/Organization: James Cook University 
Department: Cairns Institute 
Web Address: http://www.jcu.edu.au 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research
 
Specialty Areas: Anthropological Linguistics; Language Documentation 
Language Analysis 

Description:

PhD Scholarships at the Cairns Institute, JCU, Australia

Applications are invited, from suitably qualified students, to enter the PhD program 
of the Language and Culture Research Centre within the Cairns Institute of James 
Cook University Australia. Supervision will be provided by Professors Alexandra Y. 
Aikhenvald, R. M. W. Dixon, and Dr Elena Mihas.

Our PhD candidates generally undertake extensive fieldwork on a previously 
undescribed (or scarcely described) language and write a comprehensive grammar 
of it for their dissertation. They are expected to work on a language which is still 
actively spoken, and to establish a field situation within a community in which it is 
the first language. Fieldwork methodology centres on the collection, transcription 
and analysis of texts, together with participant observation, and — at a later stage 
— judicious grammatical elicitation in the language under description (not through 
the lingua franca of the country). Our main priority areas are the languages of 
tropical Amazonia, and the Papuan and Austronesian languages of New Guinea. 
However, we do not exclude applicants who have an established interest in 
languages from other areas.

PhDs in Australian universities generally involve no coursework, just a substantial 
dissertation. Candidates must thus have had a thorough coursework training before 
embarking on this PhD program. We place emphasis on work that has a sound 
empirical basis but also shows a firm theoretical orientation (in terms of general 
typological theory, or what has recently come to be called basic linguistic theory). 

The Cairns Institute is a world class centre for advanced study relating to the 
tropics. Distinguished Professor Alexandra Aikhenvald is Research Leader for 
People and Societies of the Tropics. Together with Professor R. M. W. Dixon, she 
heads the Language and Culture Research Centre within the Cairns Institute, which 
includes Research Fellows and a growing number of doctoral students. In addition, 
senior scholars from across the world opt to spend their sabbatical in the Cairns 
Institute. The information on LCRC is available at:

https://eresearch.jcu.edu.au/spaces/TLA

The basic scholarship will be at the standard James Cook University rate, 
Australian $23.728 pa. Students coming from overseas are liable for a tuition fee; 
but this may be waived, In addition, an appropriate allowance will be made to cover 
fieldwork expenses. 

The scholarship is for three years (with the possibility of a six month extension). 
The deadline for application by international students (starting in 2011) is 31 
August 2012; the deadline for students with Australian and New Zealand passports 
is 31 October 2012. The academic year in Australia commences about 1st March. 
Successful applicants would take up their PhD scholarships between January and 
June 2013.

The application procedures for students and the application forms can be found at:

http://www.jcu.edu.au/grs/scholarships/index.htm

Prospective applicants are invited, in the first place, to get in touch with Professor 
Aikhenvald at Alexandra.Aikhenvald at jcu.edu.au, providing details of their 
background, qualifications and interests (including a curriculum vitae). Applicants 
are advised to send samples of their written work in linguistics (at least some of 
this should be in English). 

Application Deadline: 31-Aug-2012 

Mailing Address for Applications:
	Attn: Prof Alexandra Aikhenvald 
	Cairns Institute JCU 
	NcGregor Road 
	Cairns Qld 4870 
	Australia 
	
Contact Information: 
	Prof Alexandra Aikhenvald 
	Alexandra.Aikhenvald at jcu.edu.au 
	Phone:61 7 4042 1117  





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