LINGUIST List 22.3446 Wed Aug 31 2011 Support: General Ling: PhD Student, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Editor for this issue: Lili Xia <lxialinguistlist.org> New! Visit LL's Multitree project for over 1000 trees dynamically generated from scholarly hypotheses about language relationships:             http://multitree.linguistlist.org/ To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm. Directory         1.     jen hay , General Linguistics: PhD Student, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Message 1: General Linguistics: PhD Student, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Date: 31-Aug-2011 From: jen hay <jen.haycanterbury.ac.nz> Subject: General Linguistics: PhD Student, University of Canterbury, New Zealand E-mail this message to a friend Institution/Organization: University of Canterbury Department: Linguistics Web Address: http://www.lacl.canterbury.ac.nz/ling/index.shtml Level: PhD Duties: Research Specialty Areas: General Linguistics [Other] Description: Applications are now being invited for the University of Canterbury Doctoral Scholarships, which are tenable in the University of Canterbury linguistics program in Christchurch, New Zealand. UC Scholarships provide NZ$20,000/year for three years, and cover the university fees. There are no restrictions on regional origin of the applicants. The application deadline is October 15, and information about the Scholarships is available here: http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/scholarshipsearch/ScholarshipDetails.aspx? ScholarshipID=6935.127 The linguistics program at the University of Canterbury houses several large corpora, including the ONZE corpus (Origins of New Zealand English). The program is part of the New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain and behaviour, and as such, presents substantial opportunities for multi-disciplinary research (http://www.nzilbb.canterbury.ac.nz). The PhD at the University of Canterbury is by thesis only, and potential candidates should, in the first instance, make contact with a potential supervisor. From January 2012, the available supervisors in the linguistics program will be Lynn Clark, Jen Hay, Beth Hume, Heidi Quinn and Kevin Watson. Lynn Clark - language variation & change, sociophonetics, usage-based models of language http://sites.google.com/site/lynnclarkling/ Jen Hay - sociophonetics, laboratory phonology, morphology, language variation and change http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/UCResearchProfile/Researcher.aspx? researcherid=86213 Beth Hume - phonology, language variation, language change http://www.ling.ohio-state.edu/~ehume/ Heidi Quinn - syntax http://www.lacl.canterbury.ac.nz/people/ling_people/quinn.shtml Kevin Watson - sociophonetics, sociolinguistics, phonetics, phonology http://www.lacl.canterbury.ac.nz/people/ling_people/watson.shtml Applications Deadline: 15-Oct-2011 Web Address for Applications: http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/scholarshipsearch/ScholarshipDetails.aspx?ScholarshipID=6935.127 Contact Information:         Prof Jen Hay         jen.haycanterbury.ac.nz         Phone:+64 3 3642242 Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 31-Aug-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.