PhD position on Tangsa language at La Trobe University

[Stephen Morey]

Dear Members of the Tibeto-Burman List:

Opportunity for 3-year PhD scholarship
in Tangsa languages linguistic project
at La Trobe University

Summary: A three-year PhD scholarship is now available through the Centre for Research on Language Diversity at La Trobe University in connection with the Australian Research Council-funded Future Fellowship project, ‘A multifaceted study of Tangsa – a network of linguistic varieties in North East India’.
This project has been underway since 2011, under the direction of Chief Investigator and ARC Future Fellow, Dr Stephen Morey. It investigates the complex linguistic diversity of the Tangsa languages, spoken on the India-Burma border, and documents the traditional knowledge of those communities with a particular emphasis on ritual texts and traditional songs. The recordings are being archived for public access at the DoBeS archive and on-line dictionaries are being produced for as many varieties as possible.

The PhD student for this project would be working on the documentation and description of one of the previously undescribed varieties of Tangsa, perhaps the Moklum variety, spoken in the Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh.

The successful scholarship applicant will:

  *   Hold a recent undergraduate degree and/or masters-level qualification, preferably in the discipline of linguistics;
  *   Present a research proposal complementary to the project.
To apply, please submit a curriculum vitae and 300-word research proposal to language.diversity at latrobe.edu.au<mailto:language.diversity at latrobe.edu.au> by the advertised closing date.  The successful applicant will also be required to fulfil the University’s requirements for making an application for research candidature. More information can be found at: http://www.latrobe.edu.au/research/future/apply


Remuneration: $25,392 per annum full-time

Closing date: 30 June 2014

Enquiries:
For more information about this scholarship, please contact the Director of the Centre for Research on Language Diversity, Associate Professor Adam Schembri, on a.schembri at latrobe.edu.au<mailto:a.schembri at latrobe.edu.au>.
For more information on the related project, please contact Dr Stephen Morey, s.morey at latrobe.edu.au<mailto:s.morey at latrobe.edu.au>.

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Stephen Morey
Australian Research Council Future Fellow
Centre for Research on Language Diversity
La Trobe University
Website: http://www.latrobe.edu.au/humanities/about/staff/profile?uname=SMorey<http://www.latrobe.edu.au/rclt/StaffPages/morey.htm>

Language data website: http://sealang.net/assam
Dictionary websites: http://sealang.net/ahom;  http://sealang.net/singpho; http://sealang.net/phake

Linguistic data archived at::
DoBeS:  http://www.mpi.nl/DoBeS and follow a link to projects, then Tangsa, Tai and Singpho in North East India
ELAR: http://elar.soas.ac.uk
PARADISEC:  http://www.paradisec.org.au

North East Indian Linguistics Society: http://sealang.net/neils
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