29.4861, Support: General Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Language Documentation; Phonetics: PhD / MA/MSc, University of Alberta

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Subject: 29.4861, Support:  General Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Language Documentation; Phonetics: PhD / MA/MSc, University of Alberta

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Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2018 11:34:39
From: Juhani Järvikivi [jarvikivi at ualberta.ca]
Subject: General Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Language Documentation; Phonetics: PhD / MA/MSc, University of Alberta, Canada

 Institution/Organization: University of Alberta 
Department: Linguistics 
Web Address: https://www.ualberta.ca/linguistics/ 

Level: PhD,MA / MSc 

Specialty Areas: General Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Language Documentation; Phonetics 
Bilingualism; Heritage languages 

Description:

The Department of Linguistics at the University of Alberta, which celebrates
its 50th Anniversary this year, offers funded MSc and PhD positions for
prospective graduate students interested to learn and conduct research with
our vibrant team of faculty members, postdocs, graduate students, and other
academics in state-of-the-art research facilities. 
 
To apply, please see the application link provided below. The application
deadline is January 10, 2018.
 
In recognition of the department’s leading position in multiple areas of the
empirical study of language, the University has made significant investments
in new faculty positions and other departmental support. The department
recently added six new faculty members (see
https://www.ualberta.ca/linguistics/people) and has expanded its research
laboratories and community engagement spaces, including new or renovated
facilities, strengthening the department’s competencies in:
- Infant and child language acquisition and processing
- Second language and heritage language acquisition
- Phonetics, spontaneous speech perception and processing
- Prosody, experimental phonology
- Psycholinguistics, individual differences
- Language documentation 
- Indigenous language sustainability and revitalization
- Cognitive linguistics
- Language technology and corpus linguistics
- Sociolinguistics
 
Accepted graduate students are provided four years of funding for the PhD and
two years of funding for the MSc in the form of TA and RA stipends. Other
support for research and conference travel, attending and hosting disciplinary
events, and obtaining tools for research is also available. The department
offers cutting-edge training in statistical techniques and various research
methodologies. Opportunities for within-discipline and cross-disciplinary
collaboration are also available. 
 
For more information on the department and the graduate admissions process,
please visit our departmental website at: https://www.ualberta.ca/linguistics,
or contact Associate Chair Graduate Juhani Järvikivi (linggrad at ualberta.ca).
If you would like to meet with the department representative at LSA 2019,
please contact linggrad at ualberta.ca.
 

Application Deadline: 10-Jan-2019 

Mailing Address for Applications:
	Attn: Juhani Järvikivi
	Canada 
	
Web Address for Applications: https://www.ualberta.ca/linguistics/graduate/admissions 

Contact Information: 
	Juhani Järvikivi
	Dept:Linguistics
	Email:linggrad at ualberta.ca  


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