23.3726, Support: Anthropological Linguistics: PhD Student, James Cook University, Australia

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Subject: 23.3726, Support: Anthropological Linguistics: PhD Student, James Cook University, Australia

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Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2012 10:45:23
From: Alexandra Aikhenvald [Alexandra.Aikhenvald at jcu.edu.au]
Subject: Anthropological Linguistics: PhD Student, James Cook University, Australia

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

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research
 
Specialty Areas: Anthropological Linguistics 
 

Description:

Applications are invited, from suitably qualified students, to work within the 
Australian Laureate Fellowship Project 'How gender shapes the world: a 
linguistic perspective', under the leadership of Professor Alexandra Y. 
Aikhenvald (Australian Laureate Fellow). The project offers one or two PhD 
scholarships, to produce a comprehensive grammar of a language from the 
Sepik or an adjacent area of Papua New Guinea (with a special attention to 
linguistic and social conceptualization of gender), based on 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.

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. 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). The Cairns Institute is a 
world centre for advanced study relating to the tropics. 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 scholarship is for four years (with no possibility for a further extension). 

The deadline for application is 10 November 2012. The academic year in 
Australia commences about 1st March. 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: 10-Nov-2012 

Mailing Address for Applications:
	Attn: Prof Alexandra Aikhenvald 
	JCU Cairns, McGregor Road 
	Smithfield 4870 
	Cairns Qld 4870 
	Australia 
	
Contact Information: 
	Prof Alexandra Aikhenvald 
	Alexandra.Aikhenvald at jcu.edu.au 
	Phone: 61 7 4042 1117 
	Fax: 61 7 4042 1880  





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