LINGUIST List 17.110

Fri Jan 13 2006

Support: General Ling: MA / MSc Student, LINGUIST List

Editor for this issue: Vanessa Manion <vanessalinguistlist.org>

Directory         1.    Helen Aristar-Dry, General Linguistics: MA / MSc Student, LINGUIST List, USA
Message 1: General Linguistics: MA / MSc Student, LINGUIST List, USA
Date: 13-Jan-2006
From: Helen Aristar-Dry <hdrylinguistlist.org>
Subject: General Linguistics: MA / MSc Student, LINGUIST List, USA


University or Organization: LINGUIST List Job Rank: MA / MSc Specialty Areas: General Linguistics

We are now soliciting applications from qualified graduate students for LINGUIST List Research Assistantships. Be supported through your M.A. degree while becoming part of a resource which is a mainstay in the field. Our RAs come into direct, daily contact with the linguistic community editing announcements for a variety of linguistics-related topics. LINGUIST List also focuses on web design, where RAs have the opportunity to learn programs like ColdFusion, Adobe Photoshop, basic UNIX programming and database design. A third focus of RA work is the development of internet infrastructure for the discipline, as well as language technology to support language documentation. Current development projects include:

1 - The newly redesigned Linguistic Society of America (LSA) website (http://lsadc.org/)

2 - The E-MELD (Electronic Metastructure for Endangered Languages Data) project which develops tools and standards for the digital archiving of documentation of endangered languages

3 - The DATA project, conducted in partnership with the Alaska Native Language Archive, which is designed to digitize a large body of material on the Athabascan language Dena'ina

4 - The LL-MAP project, conducted in partnership with the U. of Stockholm, which involves the development of an interactive map interface showing the distribution of language resources and language speakers

5 - The Multitree project, which will develop a digital library of all language relationships hypothesized by scholars

Find more information at: http://linguistlist.org/opportunities.html

In an effort to maintain the international character of the list, we welcome applications from students outside the USA. Assistantship holders must have a good command of written English and be degree-seeking students at a LINGUIST home university (below). A LINGUIST fellow receives a full tuition waiver (for 18 graduate credit hours per year) plus a 9-month stipend of approximately $8500. International students should submit applications before the February 1, 2006. US Citizens may submit until March 1, 2006.

Eastern Michigan University: Eastern Michigan U. offers a B.A. and M.A. in descriptive and theoretical linguistics, as well as a post-M.A. Certificate in Language Technology. The M.A. program has particular strengths in formal syntax, documentary linguistics, and language technology. The M.A. curriculum offers a solid foundation for further study in linguistics - well over half of Eastern Michigan M.A. candidates go on to Ph.D. programs in linguistics. EMU is situated in Ypsilanti, MI (about 5 miles from Ann Arbor) in a very active linguistics community. For more information about the Eastern Michigan University graduate program, contact:

Professor Daniel Seely, Graduate Advisor, Linguistics Program Dept. of English Language and Literature Eastern Michigan U Ypsilanti, MI 48197 email: tseelylinguistlist.org