LINGUIST List 17.120
Sun Jan 15 2006
Support: Language Acquisition: PhD Student, U of Manchester
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1. Danielle
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Modified: Language Acquisition: PhD Student, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Message 1: Modified: Language Acquisition: PhD Student, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Date: 15-Jan-2006
From: Danielle Matthews <danielle.matthewsmanchester.ac.uk>
Subject: Modified: Language Acquisition: PhD Student, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
University or Organization: University of Manchester Job Rank: PhD Specialty Areas: Language Acquisition
Applications are invited for up to two funded Ph.D. studentships for the study of language development. The students will be attached to the Max Planck Child Study Centre and registered for a Ph.D. in the School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Manchester. The Child Study Centre is run by Professor Elena Lieven and is funded by the Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology, directed by Professor Michael Tomasello, at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany. Supervision of PhD students is done by Professor Lieven and Tomasello with other staff in the School of Psychological Sciences co-supervising.
Research in the Centre focuses on the development of language (especially grammar) and consists in the collection and analysis of naturalistic and experimental data for children learning English and other languages.
You must have or expect to attain next summer, a good honours degree in Psychology, Linguistics or an associated discipline.
Funding will consist of approximately 1250 Euros per month plus support for travel and equipment. The Home/EC rate for fees will be paid by the MPI.
In the first instance, please apply by sending a detailed CV and covering letter to:
Mrs Mickie Glover Max Planck Child Study Centre School of Psychological Sciences University of Manchester M13 9PL U.K. (email: mickie.glovermanchester.ac.uk, tel: 0161 445 2351)
Completed applications must reach us by Monday February 20th 2006 at the latest. Enquiries can be made by email to Professors Lieven or Tomasello at the MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, D-04103, Leipzig, Germany. (lieveneva.mpg.de or tomaselloeva.mpg.de).
Relevant websites are: http://www.eva.mpg.de http://www.psych-sci.manchester.ac.uk/research/groups/languageandcommunication/maxplanck/
Address for Applications:
Mrs. Mickie Glover Max Planck Child Study Centre, School of Psychological Sciences Coupland 1, University of Manchester, Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL United Kingdom
Application Deadline: February 20, 2006
Contact Information:
Prof Elena Lieven lieveneva.mpg.de 00 44 161 275 2444 Website: http://www.eva.mpg.de/psycho/
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