27.1787, Support: Anthropological Linguistics; Language Documentation / Australia

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Subject: 27.1787, Support: Anthropological Linguistics; Language Documentation / Australia

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Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2016 12:51:18
From: Felicity Meakins [f.meakins at uq.edu.au]
Subject: Anthropological Linguistics; Language Documentation, PhD, University of Queensland, Australia

 Institution/Organization: University of Queensland 
Department: School of Languages and Cultures 
Web Address: http://www.dynamicsoflanguage.edu.au/about/ 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research

Specialty Areas: Anthropological Linguistics; Language Documentation 

Description:

PhD Opportunities: The ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language,
University of Queensland node

Applications are now being sought for one or two PhD positions in the Shape of
Language program of the Centre for Excellence for the Dynamics of Language
(CoEDL) which is funded by the Australian Research Council for the period
mid-2016 to mid-2021. 

The present PhD position/s will be located at the University of Queensland,
and situated within the Shape program. Potential topics include the following:

- Intergenerational comparisons of the expression of spatial relations (i.e.
cardinal directions) in Guugu Yimidhirr spoken in Hope Vale
Supervisors: Felicity Meakins and Alice Gaby (Monash) in collaboration with
Lourdes de Leon (CIESAS, Mexico)
- A grammatical description of Warlmanpa, a Ngumpin-Yapa language spoken
around Tennant Creek (Northern Territory)
Supervisors: Felicity Meakins and Mary Laughren in collaboration with David
Nash (ANU)
- Interfaces between prosody, syntax and information packaging in Garrwa,
spoken around Borroloola 
Supervisor: Ilana Mushin
- Language ecology of Kaytyetye communities
Supervisors: Felicity Meakins and Myfany Turpin (Sydney)
- Another proposed topic on an Australian language and/or contact situation

CoEDL (http://www.dynamicsoflanguage.edu.au/) has an ambitious series of
interlinked projects, focusing on language as a dynamic and variable system,
and drawing on the full diversity of the world’s languages, through four
programs focusing on the design space of language (Shape), how it is learned
(Learning) and processed (Processing), and how linguistic structures evolve at
various timescales (Evolution). Two ‘threads’ (Archiving, and New Generation
technologies) will enable the technological advances needed to drive forward
the language sciences in the coming decades. The Centre is strongly
interdisciplinary and features researchers from linguistics, speech pathology,
psychology, anthropology, philosophy, bioinformatics and robotics. CoEDL is
centred on four Australian Universities (Australian National University,
University of Melbourne, University of Western Sydney and University of
Queensland), with partner institutions in Australasia and the Pacific, Asia,
Europe and North America.

Students will be required to win their own scholarship (Australian
Postgraduate Award or international equivalent) but will be guided through
this process. They will also receive generous fieldwork and travel
(conferences etc) funding, as well as opportunities to attend the annual CoEDL
Summer Schools and other workshops through the year. 

Please send a CV (including academic transcript) and a one page summary of
your relevant research experience and interest in a particular topic to
Felicity Meakins f.meakins at uq.edu.au by 31 May 2016.

Application Deadline: 31-May-2016 

Mailing Address for Applications:
	Attn: Felicity Meakins 
	School of Languages and Cultures 
	University of Queensland 
	Brisbane QLD 4072 
	Australia 

Contact Information: 
	Felicity Meakins 
	f.meakins at uq.edu.au  

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