28.3651, Support: Sko; Rawo; Language Documentation: PhD, University at Buffalo

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Subject: 28.3651, Support: Sko; Rawo; Language Documentation: PhD, University at Buffalo

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Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2017 17:32:27
From: Matthew Dryer [dryer at buffalo.edu]
Subject: Sko; Rawo; Language Documentation: PhD, University at Buffalo, New York, USA

 Institution/Organization: University at Buffalo 
Department: Linguistics 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research
 
Specialty Areas: Language Documentation 
 
Required Language(s): Rawo (rwa)

                      Sko 

Description:

I invite applications for support for doctoral research on a language of Papua
New Guinea. The language is Poko-Rawo (called Rawo in most sources; iso code
rwa), a language in the Sko family. The language is one that I have done some
work on myself, enough to know that it is a tone language with interesting
tonal phonology. The goal of the research would be a dissertation either
documenting the language as a whole or focusing on the phonology. Applicants
should have an interest in tone and some experience working with tone. 

The support comes under a grant from the National Science Foundation in the
United States. It will fund two or three field trips to Papua New Guinea, the
first probably starting in 2018.  If further field work is deemed necessary,
the student could apply for a small grant to fund that additional work. The
grant comes with the possibility of two annual stipends of $6000. The precise
financial terms would need to be negotiated. Preference will be given to
students who are at a U.S. institution or who are U.S. citizens or permanent
residents (due to the source of funding), though others are encouraged to
apply.

In your application, please be sure to say what institution you are at, what
year in your doctoral program you are in, a brief summary of your interests
within linguistics, your experience working with tone, and the names of two
people that I could contact who might recommend you. Please contact me by
email and please include the phrase “field work in Papua New Guinea” in the
subject heading. Applications must be submitted by email.

I encourage interested people to contact me as soon as possible. However, note
that I will be off of email doing my own field work in Papua New Guinea from
late September until early December. 
 

Application Deadline: 31-Dec-2017 

Mailing Address for Applications:
	Attn: Dr. Matthew Dryer 
	Dept. of Linguistics, Univ. at Buffalo 
	609 Baldy Hall 
	Buffalo NY 14260 
	USA 
	
Contact Information: 
	Dr. Matthew Dryer 
	dryer at buffalo.edu  


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