LINGUIST List 23.883 Tue Feb 21 2012 Support: Tibetan&Tibeto-Burman, Comp Ling: PhD, University of London, UK Editor for this issue: Xiyan Wang <xiyanlinguistlist.org> To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm. Directory         1.     Hill Nathan , Tibetan&Tibeto-Burman, Computational Linguistics: PhD Student, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Message 1: Tibetan&Tibeto-Burman, Computational Linguistics: PhD Student, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Date: 21-Feb-2012 From: Hill Nathan <nh36soas.ac.uk> Subject: Tibetan&Tibeto-Burman, Computational Linguistics: PhD Student, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London E-mail this message to a friend Department: Linguistics Level: PhD Duties: Research,Project Work Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Lexicography; Text/Corpus Linguistics [Other] Required Language(s): Tibetan (bod)                             Tibeto-Burman Description: Tibetan in Digital Communication: Corpus Linguistics and Lexicography Applications are invited for one doctoral studentship tenable for 3 years starting on 1 October 2012. The PhD student (to be supervised by Dr Nathan Hill) will join the project with the brief to describe the morphosyntactic categories of the Old Tibetan verbal system and examine that system's transition to Classical Tibetan. As yet, no research at all has been conducted on the Old Tibetan verbal system. The Tibetan indigenous grammatical tradition has a system for classifying Classical Tibetan verb stems. However, this system fits Classical Tibetan data impartially and has been of little use to help philologists improve their understanding of actual texts. The description of the morphosyntactic categories of the Old Tibetan verb which results from this thesis will be employed in the design of the verb entries in the Old Tibetan dictionary to be compiled subsequently. Within linguistics, the thesis will contribute to knowledge of historical syntax and to typological investigations. Within Tibetan studies, it supplies robust empirical data to aid the exploration and interpretation of the language of Old Tibetan texts. As a result, it is certain to bring increased rigour in the study of Old Tibetan culture, history and literature. The successful candidate must have a good reading ability in Classical Tibetan. An ability in other languages of Tibetan studies (French, German, Chinese, Japanese) or familiarity with computational/corpus linguistics are highly desirable. The candidate will be a collaborator on the research project and should expect to devote a substantial amount of time each week to the reading and annotating of Tibetan texts. This work must constitute the collection of data to be written up in the thesis. A thesis on Old Tibetan syntax is anticipated, but the ultimate choice of topic is at the discretion of the candidate (subject to approval by the project directors). An application form is available for download. Applications Deadline: 04-Jun-2012 Web Address for Applications: http://www.soas.ac.uk/registry/scholarships/ahrc-funded-project-studentship-in-the-department-of-linguistics-at-soas.html Contact Information:         Dr Nathan Hill         nh36soas.ac.uk Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 21-Feb-2012       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.