26.4653, Support: Multilingualism; Phonetics; Sociolinguistics / PhD, United Kingdom

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Subject: 26.4653, Support: Multilingualism; Phonetics; Sociolinguistics / PhD, United Kingdom

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Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 11:27:24
From: Erez Levon [e.levon at qmul.ac.uk]
Subject: Multilingualism; Phonetics; Sociolinguistics, PhD, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom

 Institution/Organization: Queen Mary University of London 
Department: Department of Linguistics 
Web Address: http://linguistics.sllf.qmul.ac.uk/ 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research
 
Specialty Areas: Phonetics; Sociolinguistics 
Multilingualism 

Description:

Indexing sexuality in bilingual speech

The Department of Linguistics at Queen Mary University of London invites proposals for a PhD project that examines the intersection of multilingualism and sexuality in phonetics. Projects could include, but are not limited to, investigations of whether and how multilingual individuals index their sexuality differently across languages; comparisons of particular sexuality-linked phonetic features across languages; or a study of the ways in which different features are evaluated differently in distinct linguistic contexts.

The project will be jointly supervised by Dr Esther de Leeuw and Dr Erez Levon, and so the specific project goals and methods should fall within their areas of expertise (see http://linguistics.sllf.qmul.ac.uk/people for more information). The ideal candidate will have a strong background in phonetics and/or variationist sociolinguistics, with a good MA or MSc degree. Knowledge of the relevant technical skills (e.g., phonetic analysis in Praat, multivariate statistical analysis in R or SPSS) is desirable.

Potential candidates should in the first instance send an email addressed to both Dr Esther de Leeuw [e.deleeuw at qmul.ac.uk] and Dr Erez Levon [e.levon at qmul.ac.uk] indicating their interest. Dr de Leeuw and Dr Levon will then work with promising applicants to develop a full research proposal that will subsequently be submitted for an internal funding competition at Queen Mary University of London. The funding competition is open to all applicants regardless of nationality, though funding options vary for UK nationals, EU nationals and nationals of other countries. The deadline for the internal funding competition is 31 January 2016. Interested applicants should contact Dr de Leeuw and Dr Levon well before this time (with initial contact made no later than 01 December 2015).

For details about the department, including information on academic staff as well as facilities, support and training opportunities for PhD students, see http://linguistics.sllf.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/phd-programmes. For information on the PhD application procedure, see http://www.sllf.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate-0/prospective-phd-students#apply 

Application Deadline: 31-Jan-2016 

Web Address for Applications: http://www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/applyresearchdegrees/index.html 

Contact Information: 
	Dr Erez Levon 
	e.levon at qmul.ac.uk 
	Phone:+44 (0)20 7882 8435  


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