linguistics | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 4

2011Lestrade Scholarship for the Study of Languages, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Applications are invited for the students who will register full time study at University of Cape Town for the study of Languages from the linguistics rather than the literary aspect.

The application form can be obtained from the postgraduate funding office and from the administrative office in the school of languages and literature’s in the faculty of Humanities.Students requiring a renewal for lestrade Scholarship should clearly mark as the renewal in the space provided on the application form and to attach a progress report. Preference will be given to students who are conducting Linguistic study of the indigenous languages of Africa

Scholarship Application Deadline:28 February 2011

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University of Nanyang, Fellowship in Linguistics and Multilingual Studies in 2011, Singapore

Research into the interface between grammatical structure and conversational structure, using naturally occurring data.
Supervisor: Prof Luke Kang Kwong

Postdoctoral fellowships are for one year, renewable for a second year, subject to satisfactory performance. Postdoctoral fellows may be required to assist in teaching, up to the equivalent of one semester-based course per academic year.

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, consistently ranks among the top 100 universities in the world in the current university league tables. It offers attractive remuneration and benefits. For information about the University. For information concerning the postdoctoral fellowships.

Application Deadline: 31 Mar, 2011

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Linguistics HEARing CRC Scholarship, Australia: Human Sciences

A full time 3 year PhD scholarship is available in the Department of Linguistics in conjunction with the HEARing Cooperative Research Centre and its partner The Shepherd Centre. The PhD project will be undertaken as a component of the HEARing CRC’s overall Project on Approaches to Habilitation in Children. Supervision will be coordinated through Dr Elisabeth Harrison, Senior Lecturer, Department of Linguistics, at Macquarie University, who is internationally recognized for clinical research with young children who have communication disorders. The project will be undertaken with the support and close involvement of The Shepherd Centre.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 31 January 2011

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