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PhD Scholarships
Department of Linguistics, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
http://www.arts.canterbury.ac.nz/linguistics/
Deadline: 15th October 2016
We are pleased to announce the availability of University of Canterbury Doctoral Scholarships, which are tenable in the University of Canterbury Department of Linguistics in Christchurch, New Zealand. Staff in Linguistics at UC have expertise in phonetics & phonology, syntax, sociophonetics & language variation and change, as well as other areas (see below). The Linguistics Department is part of the New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain and Behaviour (NZILBB), and as such, presents substantial opportunities for multi-disciplinary research (see http://www.nzilbb.canterbury.ac.nz). NZILBB also houses a variety of state-of-the-art equipment, including Ultrasound, Electromagnetic Articulography, EEG, and 3D motion tracking. We also have several large corpora, including the ONZE corpus (Origins of New Zealand English), the QuakeBox corpus, and the OLIVE corpus (Origins of Liverpool English). Any of these resources would be available to the successful candidate(s) for PhD research.
UC Scholarships provide NZ$21,000/year for three years, plus cover the university fees. There are no restrictions on regional origin of the applicants. The application deadline is October 15th (NZ time).
The PhD at the University of Canterbury is by thesis only, and interested candidates should, in the first instance, make contact with a potential supervisor in the Linguistics Department to discuss their research ideas. The currently available supervisors in the Linguistics Department are: Lynn Clark, Jen Hay, Beth Hume, Heidi Quinn and Kevin Watson.
- Lynn Clark – language variation & change, sociophonetics, usage-based models of language
- Donald Derrick – speech production and perception, articulatory phonetics, including ultrasound
- Jen Hay – sociophonetics, laboratory phonology, morphology, lexical representation, NZ English
- Beth Hume – phonology, phonetics/phonology interface, language variation, language change
- Heidi Quinn – syntax, languages of the Pacific
- Kevin Watson – sociophonetics, sociolinguistics, varieties of English
Faculty contact details are available here:
http://www.arts.canterbury.ac.nz/linguistics/people/index.shtml
Following discussion with a potential supervisors, applicants should apply both for admission to the University of Canterbury PhD programme, and for the scholarship. Both applications must be made before the scholarship deadline. Applications are processed via MyUC, the University of Canterbury’s online portal. After registering with the system, applicants can apply for UC programmes and are guided through the process online. MyUC can be found here: https://myuc.canterbury.ac.nz/
For further information about the scholarship: http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/scholarshipsearch/ScholarshipDetails.aspx?ScholarshipID=6935.127
If you have questions, contact: Kevin Watson kevin.watson@canterbury.ac.nz