35.2481, Support: Micronesian; Language Documentation, Morphology, Phonetics, Phonology, Typology: PhD, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa

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Subject: 35.2481, Support: Micronesian; Language Documentation, Morphology, Phonetics, Phonology, Typology: PhD, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa

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Date: 12-Sep-2024
From: Andrew Cheng [andrew.cheng at hawaii.edu]
Subject: Micronesian; Language Documentation, Morphology, Phonetics, Phonology, Typology: PhD, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa


Institution/Organization: University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
Department: Linguistics
Web Address: https://manoa.hawaii.edu/linguistics/

Level: PhD

Specialty Areas: Language Documentation; Morphology; Phonetics;
Phonology; Typology; Articulatory phonetics, morphosyntax, language
description, corpus linguistics, spatial relations
Required Language(s): Micronesian

Description:

The Department of Linguistics at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
invites applications from students interested in pursuing a
fully-funded Ph.D. program in Linguistics, starting from Fall 2025.
Initial funding would be provided through a Graduate Research
Assistantship provided by the National Science Foundation. The
NSF-funded project, “Documenting endangered languages through training
and capacity building among diaspora communities”, will focus on
collaborative research, documentation, and community-facing mentorship
within the Micronesian diaspora communities in Hawai‘i. More
information about the NSF-funded project can be found online:
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2421485.

We are currently recruiting two PhD students to work with this project
beginning Fall 2025. Duties for the Graduate Research Assistant
include:
- Help coordinate undergraduate research positions for students
conducting research on Micronesian languages;
- Work with local non-profits to organize language documentation
workshops in collaboration with the Language Documentation Training
Center (https://www.ldtc.org);
- Curate audiovisual documentation for archiving in Kaipuleohone
Language Archive;
- Support a diversity of lab- and field-based research activities.

Previous background with Micronesian languages or diaspora linguistics
is welcome but not required. Desired qualifications include a
commitment to community-engaged language documentation, familiarity
with data management principles and methods, and the ability to work
well both independently and in a diverse team that includes academic
researchers and members of diaspora communities in Hawai‘i. In
addition to these, core research interests in one or more of the
following areas are particularly welcome: articulatory phonetics,
usage-based approaches to phonology and morphosyntax, language
description, typology, corpus linguistics, and/or linguistic encoding
of spatial relations.

The initial two years of funding will be through the NSF grant, after
which the student will receive three guaranteed years of funding
through the Department of Linguistics. All applicants must go through
the general admissions process. In their application materials, the
student should emphasize that they are applying to join this
NSF-funded project and demonstrate why they think they would be a good
fit, given the criteria mentioned above. The application deadline for
the PhD program in Linguistics is November 15, 2024. Details for
admission to the PhD program can be found at
https://manoa.hawaii.edu/linguistics/graduate-admissions/

The Department of Linguistics at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
offers a unique opportunity for graduate students to engage in
language documentation and language sustainability with diverse
communities from the Pacific and Asia as well as engage in cutting
edge research methodologies in the Language Analysis and
Experimentation Laboratories. Find out more about the department at
our website: https://manoa.hawaii.edu/linguistics/

If you are interested in the position or have further questions,
please contact Bradley McDonnell mcdonn at hawaii.edu

Application Deadline: 15-Nov-2024

Web Address for Applications:
https://manoa.hawaii.edu/linguistics/graduate-admissions/

Contact Information:
Bradley McDonnell mcdonn at hawaii.edu



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