LINGUIST List 22.4717 Sun Nov 27 2011 Support: English & General Ling: PhD Student, U. of Glasgow, Scotland, UK Editor for this issue: Matthew Lahrman <mattlinguistlist.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.     Wendy Anderson , English & General Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Lexicography, Semantics, Text/Corpus Linguistics: PhD Student, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK Message 1: English & General Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Lexicography, Semantics, Text/Corpus Linguistics: PhD Student, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK Date: 19-Nov-2011 From: Wendy Anderson <Wendy.Andersonglasgow.ac.uk> Subject: English & General Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Lexicography, Semantics, Text/Corpus Linguistics: PhD Student, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK E-mail this message to a friend Institution/Organization: University of Glasgow Department: English Language Web Address: http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/critical/ahrcstudentships/ Level: PhD Duties: Research,Project Work Specialty Areas: General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Lexicography; Semantics; Text/Corpus Linguistics Required Language(s): English (eng) Description: AHRC Doctoral Studentship in English Language, January 2012-December 2014 This studentship is part of the 3-year AHRC-funded project, Mapping Metaphor with the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary. The project will undertake an empirical investigation of the foundations and nature of metaphor in English using the unique evidence base of the recently completed and published Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary. The project is led by Dr Wendy Anderson (Principal Investigator), Professor Carole Hough and Professor Christian Kay (Co-Investigators), all English Language, School of Critical Studies, University of Glasgow. The Doctoral Research An important aspect of the project is a fully-funded doctoral studentship. The doctoral work will be an in-depth study of an aspect of metaphor in the history of English, and will be carried out under the supervision of Dr Anderson and Professor Hough. There is considerable scope for the PhD student's project to be shaped by his/her own research interests, in terms of a focus on a particular period of English or a particular semantic category or group of categories. For example, the student may choose to look at metaphor in Old English, or during the scientific revolution, or within the semantic category of colour, or the category of pleasure/enjoyment. If appropriate to the study, the student may choose to draw on corpus evidence alongside evidence from HTOED. Alternatively, the student may wish to consider the relative roles of metaphor and metonymy in a particular period or semantic category. The successful candidate will have at least the equivalent of an upper second class degree in a relevant subject such as Linguistics or English Language, preferably with some training in semantics. Please see the School of Critical Studies webpage for further information about this and other current PhD opportunities: http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/critical/ahrcstudentships/. Instructions on how to apply can be found at the bottom of the webpage. In the Project Proposal section of their applications, applicants should briefly outline the kind of project that they would wish to undertake, and how it would relate to their previous experience. Interviews are expected to be held between 14-16 December 2011. Eligibility For Eligibility criteria, please see Annex A of the AHRC's Guide to Student Funding: http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/FundingOpportunities/Documents/GuidetoStudentFunding.p df Enquiries: wendy.andersonglasgow.ac.uk Application Deadline: 02-Dec-2011 Web Address for Applications: http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/critical/ahrcstudentships/ Contact Information: Dr Wendy Anderson Wendy.Andersonglasgow.ac.uk Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 27-Nov-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.