LINGUIST List 17.2135
Mon Jul 24 2006
Support: Interdisciplinary: PhD Student, University of Edinburgh
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1. Simon
Kirby,
Interdisciplinary: PhD Student, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Message 1: Interdisciplinary: PhD Student, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Date: 24-Jul-2006
From: Simon Kirby <simonling.ed.ac.uk>
Subject: Interdisciplinary: PhD Student, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Institution/Organization: University of Edinburgh Department: Linguistics and English Language Level: PhD Duties: Research Specialty Areas: Computer Science; Genetic Classification; Historical Linguistics; Phonetics; Psycholinguistics
Description:
PhD STUDENTSHIP ON MEASURING AND COMPARING PHONETIC SIMILARITY
EXTENDED DEADLINE - August 25th (although early application encouraged!)
Applications are invited from well-qualified candidates to undertake research for a PhD on measuring and comparing phonetic similarity. Applicants will have, or will soon be expected to obtain a good Masters degree (or equivalent) in Linguistics, English Language, Computer Science, or a closely related discipline. The project will focus on a review and comparison of existing methods of phonetic similarity matching, with recommendations on the most promising approaches for applications in language and dialect comparison and classification. Applicants may take a primarily linguistic, dialectological or computational approach to the topic, which allows for some refinement to emphasise historical linguistic, psycholinguistic or modelling applications.
The successful applicant will be supervised by Professor April McMahon and Dr Simon Kirby in the department of Linguistics and English Language, and will join a vibrant community of researchers in the language sciences, including a lively research group on Language, Evolution and Computation with special interests in computer modelling. However, the studentship will be held in association with the AHRC Centre for the Evolution of Cultural Diversity at University College London. The successful applicant will be expected to participate in Centre events and funding will be available for this purpose. This is an AHRC funded award, and applicants must ensure that they meet the requirements for AHRC studentships (see http://www.ahrc.ac.uk). The award will provide an annual stipend of approximately £12,000 per year for three years, plus University fees for home students, or fees only for EU students.
Informal enquiries may be directed to: Professor April McMahon, april.mcmahonling.ed.ac.uk
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