PhD in language documentation

[Alexander Coupe]

PhD in language documentation
Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

The Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies<http://www.ntu.edu.sg/hss/linguistics> at Nanyang Technological University<http://www.ntu.edu.sg/>, Singapore, invites suitably qualified people to apply to undertake research on a hitherto undescribed (or scantily described) Tibeto-Burman, Austro-Asiatic or Indic language of the north-east India/Burma region, leading to a comprehensive grammatical description of that language. This project forms part of a larger initiative to document the languages of north-east India and adjacent regions of Asia. PhD research funding is guaranteed for three years of candidature, with the possibility of extension. The NTU Research Scholarship for international students starts at SIN $2000, rising to SIN $2500 after confirmation. In addition, PhD students can apply for further funding to cover fieldwork expenses.

The ideal applicant will have a solid grounding in descriptive linguistics and already hold an MA, or a BA with a good Honours grade. Successful applicants can anticipate doing one year of coursework, followed by three years of empirically-based research. After completion of the coursework year, the candidate will undertake a 9-12 month period of fieldwork that will involve living in the speech community to record, transcribe and analyse linguistic data. S/he will then return to Singapore to complete the first draft of the grammar and prepare the corpus of materials for archiving. A second trip of 3 months will be made in the final year to check the analysis of the data.

Interested applicants should apply in the first instance to Dr Alexander Coupe arcoupe at ntu.edu.sg<mailto:arcoupe at ntu.edu.sg> to discuss a possible research project.

For further information pertaining to graduate study at NTU, see:
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/HSS/Linguistics/Graduate/Pages/default.aspx


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Alexander R. Coupe, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies | Nanyang Technological University
HSS-03-53, 14 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 637332
Tel: (65) 6592-1567 GMT+8h | Fax: (65) 6795-6525 | Email: arcoupe at ntu.edu.sg<mailto:arcoupe at ntu.edu.sg> | Web: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/HSS/Linguistics<http://www.ntu.edu.sg/HSS/Linguistics/Pages/default.aspx>




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