23.4179, Support: Anthropological Linguistics, Language Documentation: PhD Student, James Cook University, Australia

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Subject: 23.4179, Support: Anthropological Linguistics, Language Documentation: PhD Student, James Cook University, Australia

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Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2012 20:01:25
From: Alexandra Aikhenvald [a.y.aikhenvald at live.com]
Subject: Anthropological Linguistics, Language Documentation: PhD Student, James Cook University, Australia

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 Institution/Organization: James Cook University, Australia 
Department: Language and Culture research centre, FAESS 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research
 
Specialty Areas: Anthropological Linguistics; Language Documentation 
 

Description:

Applications are invited, from suitably qualified students, to work under the 
leadership of Professor Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald (Australian Laureate Fellow). The 
project offers one or two PhD scholarships either (a) to work on an immigrant 
language in Australia, with a special attention to linguistic and social 
conceptualization of gender, or (b) to produce a comprehensive grammar of a 
language from the Sepik or an adjacent area of Papua New Guinea, also with a 
special attention to linguistic and social conceptualization of gender. Work will 
involve extensive immersion fieldwork. 

Students will have to enter the PhD program of the Language and Culture 
Research Centre in James Cook University Australia. Supervision will be provided 
by Professors Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, and R. M. W. Dixon, and other members 
of the Centre. These scholarships are embedded within the Australian Laureate 
Fellowship Project 'How gender shapes the world: a linguistic perspective',

PhDs in Australian universities generally involve no coursework, just a substantial 
dissertation. Good and comprehensive training in linguistics is essential. 
Candidates must thus have had a thorough coursework training before embarking 
on this PhD program. This should have included courses on morphology, syntax, 
semantics, and phonology/phonetics, taught from a non-formalist perspective. 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). 

Distinguished Professor Alexandra Aikhenvald is Research Leader for People and 
Societies of the Tropics, and Australian Laureate Fellow. Together with Professor 
R. M. W. Dixon, she heads the Language and Culture Research Centre, 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 LCRC. 

The scholarship will be paid at a higher level than the standard James Cook 
University rate (AUD $27,652 pa). Students coming from overseas are liable for a 
tuition fee; but this may be waived in the case of a student of high merit. An 
appropriate allowance will be made to cover fieldwork expenses. 

The deadline for applications is 30 November 2012. 

Successful applicants would take up their PhD scholarships between January and 
June 2013.

It is absolutely essential that interested applicants should first get in touch with 
Professor Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald (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). Competitive applicants will then be 
provided with details concerning the Project. 

Application Deadline: 30-Nov-2012 

Mailing Address for Applications:
	Attn: Prof Alexandra Aikhenvald 
	JCU McGregor Road 
	4878 Qld 
	Cairns Qld 4878 
	Australia 
	
Contact Information: 
	Prof Alexandra Aikhenvald 
	Alexandra.Aikhenvald at jcu.edu.au 
	Phone:61740421117  





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