31.1979, Support: Anthropological Linguistics; Language Documentation: PhD, James Cook University

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Subject: 31.1979, Support: Anthropological Linguistics; Language Documentation: PhD, James Cook University

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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 11:46:00
From: Alexandra Aikhenvald [alexandra.aikhenvald at jcu.edu.au]
Subject: Anthropological Linguistics; Language Documentation: PhD, James Cook University, Australia

 Institution/Organization: James Cook University 
Department: Language and Culture Research Centre 
Web Address: http://www.jcu.edu.au/lcrc/ 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research,Project Work

Specialty Areas: Anthropological Linguistics; Language Documentation 

Description:

Applications are invited, from suitably qualified students, to enter the PhD
program of the Language and Culture Research Centre at James Cook University
Australia. Supervision will be provided by Professor Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald,
Professor R. M. W. Dixon, Professor Rosita Henry, Dr Luca Ciucci, and Dr
Michael Wood, all highly experienced in documenting languages and cultures of
the tropics and with a substantial record of publications in the relevant
fields.

Our PhD candidates generally undertake extensive immersion fieldwork on a
previously undescribed (or scarcely described) language and write a
comprehensive grammar of it for their dissertation. They are expected to work
on a language which is still actively spoken, and to establish a field
situation within a community in which it is the first language. Their first
fieldtrip lasts for six to nine months. After completing a first draft of the
grammar, back in Cairns, they undertake a second fieldtrip of two to three
months. Fieldwork methodology centres on the collection, transcription and
analysis of texts, together with participant observation, and — at a later
stage — judicious grammatical elicitation in the language under description
(not through the lingua franca of the country). Our main priority areas are
the Papuan and Austronesian languages of New Guinea and surrounding areas, and
the languages of tropical Amazonia. However, we do not exclude applicants who
have an established interest in languages from other areas (which need not
necessarily lie within the tropics).

PhDs in Australian universities involve some coursework and a substantial
dissertation. Candidates must thus have had thorough coursework training
before embarking on this PhD program. This should have included courses on
morphology, syntax, semantics, and phonology/phonetics, taught from a
non-formalist perspective. We place emphasis on work that has a sound
empirical basis but also shows a firm theoretical orientation (in terms of
general typological theory, or what has recently come to be called basic
linguistic theory).

Distinguished Professor Alexandra (Sasha) Aikhenvald is Australian Laureate
Fellow and Research Leader for People and Societies of the Tropics. Together
with Professor R. M. W. Dixon, she heads the Language and Culture Research
Centre, which includes Research Fellows and a growing number of doctoral
students. In addition, senior scholars from across the world opt to spend
their sabbatical at the Language and Culture Research Centre.

The LCRC has strong links with anthropologists, archaeologists and
educationalists, and with scholars working on environmental issues, all within
James Cook University. Further information is available at
http://www.jcu.edu.au/lcrc/

The scholarship will be at the standard James Cook University rate, Australian
$27.082 pa. Students coming from overseas are liable for a tuition fee; but
this will be waived if scholarship is awarded. A small relocation allowance
may be provided on taking up the scholarship. In addition, an adequate
allowance will be made to cover fieldwork expenses and conference attendance.

The scholarship is for three and a half years. Successful applicants would
take up their PhD scholarships between January and June 2021. (The academic
year in Australia runs from February to November.)

Prospective applicants are invited, in the first place, to get in touch with
Professor Alexandra Aikhenvald at Alexandra.Aikhenvald at jcu.edu.au, providing
details of their background.

Applicants are advised to send samples of their written work in linguistics
(at least some of this should be in English).

Application Deadline: 30-Sep-2020 

Mailing Address for Applications:
	Attn: Prof Alexandra Aikhenvald 
	JCU Smithfield 
	Cairns Qld 4870 
	Australia 

Web Address for Applications: https://www.jcu.edu.au/graduate-research-school/candidates/postgraduate-research-scholarships 

Contact Information: 
	Prof Alexandra Aikhenvald 
	alexandra.aikhenvald at jcu.edu.au 
	Phone:61742321117  

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