28.5085, Support: Jaru; Pama-Nyungan; Discourse Analysis; Language Documentation: PhD, Macquarie University

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Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2017 13:22:34
From: Joe Blythe [joe.blythe at mq.edu.au]
Subject: Jaru; Pama-Nyungan; Discourse Analysis; Language Documentation: PhD, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

 Institution/Organization: Macquarie University 
Department: Linguistics 
Web Address: https://www.mq.edu.au/about/about-the-university/faculties-and-departments/faculty-of-human-sciences/departments-and-centres/department-of-linguistics 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research
 
Specialty Areas: Discourse Analysis; Language Documentation 
Interactional Linguistics/Conversation Analysis 
Required Language(s): Jaru (ddj)

                      Pama-Nyungan 

Description:

Macquarie University is offering a bundled Masters by Research + PhD
scholarship (1+3 years) in Conversation Analysis/Interactional Linguistics and
Language Documentation, as part of a comparative research project
‘Conversational Interaction in Aboriginal and Remote Australia’, funded by the
Australian Research Council (2018-2022). The research team consists of Dr Joe
Blythe (Macquarie University), Professor Lesley Stirling (University of
Melbourne), Associate Professor Ilana Mushin (University of Queensland) and
Associate Professor Rod Gardner (University of Queensland). The project will
compare informal conversations conducted in four Australian Aboriginal
languages (Jaru, Gija, Murrinhpatha and Garrwa) with conversations conducted
in non-Aboriginal English in rural and remote outback regions of Australia.
The successful applicant will work with Dr Joe Blythe on documenting
conversation in Jaru, a Pama-Nyungan language of Western Australia.

The candidate will help build a video corpus of Jaru conversation for his/her
dissertation, and contribute to the larger project which will investigate
possible variation within the interactional domain by comparing conversation
conducted in under-described Indigenous languages and poorly documented
varieties of English, by people with very different cultural backgrounds. The
specific topic of the student’s dissertation is negotiable.

The candidate should have a background in typologically oriented linguistics,
conversation analysis/interaction linguistics, or linguistic anthropology.

This scholarship is available to eligible candidates to undertake either a
direct entry 3 year PhD program or a Master of Research Year 2 + PhD program.
The scholarship includes the stipend plus tuition fees, and is open to either
international or domestic applicants. Indigenous applicants are strongly
encouraged to apply.
Applicants are asked to provide their CV, academic transcript, a sample of
their writing (e.g., publications, theses, etc.) and a covering letter.

Further details about the position can be viewed at the link below, under
'Linguistics'.
 

Application Deadline: 12-Feb-2018 

Mailing Address for Applications:
	Attn: Dr Joe Blythe 
	Macquarie University 
	Balaclava Rd, North Ryde 
	Sydney NSW 2109 
	Australia 
	
Web Address for Applications: https://www.mq.edu.au/research/phd-and-research-degrees/scholarships/hdr-scholarships-for-domestic-and-international/_nocache 

Contact Information: 
	Dr Joe Blythe 
	joe.blythe at mq.edu.au 
	Phone:+61 2 9850 8089  


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