23.4255, Support: Typology: PhD Student, Monash University, Australia

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Subject: 23.4255, Support: Typology: PhD Student, Monash University, Australia

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Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:52:32
From: Anna Margetts [anna.margetts at monash.edu]
Subject: Typology: PhD Student, Monash University, Australia

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 Institution/Organization: Monash University 
Department: Linguistics 
Web Address: http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/lcl/ 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research

Specialty Areas: Typology 
Language Documentation 

Description:

PhD Top-up scholarship in Linguistics within cross-corpus DoBeS project on three-
participant events

Scholarship tenure: 	
3 years full time, beginning in 2013

Scholarship value: 	
AUD 6,750 per annum (conditions apply)
Laptop & standard software up to a value of AUD 1700

Closing Date: 31 October 2012

The project Cross-linguistic patterns in the encoding of three-participant events will 
start in 2013 as a cross-corpus project of the Documentation of Endangered 
Languages Program (DoBeS) of the Volkswagen Foundation 
(http://www.mpi.nl/DOBES/);  chief investigator: Anna Margetts (Monash 
University), co-applicants: Nikolaus Himmelmann (University of Cologne) and 
Katharina Haude (CNRS, Paris).  

The project investigates the linguistic encoding of events which involve three 
participants. It brings together three areas of study: the encoding of three-
participant events, the typological parameter of basic valence orientation, and the 
field of text-based typology. 

The PhD project will be concerned with the encoding of three-participant events 
and basic valence orientation, either (a) across the participating DoBeS language 
projects, (b) across a larger sample of languages or (c) in an individual language, 
e.g. on the basis of original fieldwork.

Applicants should have a very good undergraduate degree in linguistics, preferably 
a first-class Honours or Master's degree. They are expected to have a strong 
background in linguistic typology and the morpho-syntactic analysis of natural 
language data, preferably of under-documented non-Indo-European languages. 
Experience in working with linguistic text corpora of spoken language and with 
software programs such as ELAN and TOOLBOX is desirable. 

The successful applicant will be part of a research group investigating three-
participant events from a cross-linguistics perspective which will include the three 
project investigators, representatives of the participating DoBeS teams and a 
further PhD student working in the project. They will be based in the Linguistics 
Program at Monash University which has a strong research track-record in 
linguistic analysis and documentation, in particular of languages of Austronesia 
and Australia. The supervision team will include Anna Margetts and other 
members of the Linguistics Program.

http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/linguistics/research/
http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/linguistics/our-staff/ 

Candidates will be based at Monash's Clayton Campus and will be expected to 
start in 2013. The top-up scholarship will be contingent on the candidate 
successfully applying for an Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) or Monash 
Graduate Scholarship (MGS).

http://www.monash.edu.au/migr/support/scholarships/major/

The scholarship does not cover foreign-student tuition fees. However, outstanding 
applicants can apply for additional tuition fee scholarships. Refer to the website 
below for more information. Candidates will be required to meet Monash entry 
requirements which may include English language skills.

http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/hdr/studyoptions/phd.php

How to apply:

(1) Send the following documentation as email attachments by 31 October 2012 to 
Anna Margetts: anna.margetts at monash.edu (put "PhD Top-up" in the subject 
line): (i) a covering letter outlining relevant training and experience and stating the 
language(s) you intend to work on, (ii) CV, (iii) academic transcripts.

(2) Apply for an Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) or Monash Graduate 
Scholarship (MGS) by 31 October 2012 
(http://www.monash.edu.au/migr/support/scholarships/major/). 

Application Deadline: 31-Oct-2012 

Web Address for Applications: http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/news-events/phd-top-up-scholarship-in-linguistics-within-cross-corpus-dobes-project-on-three-participant-events/ 

Contact Information: 
	Anna Margetts 
	anna.margetts at monash.edu  

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