PhD Position Leiden University Centre for Linguistics
Faculty of Arts, Leiden University Centre for Linguistics
ONE PHD POSITION (38 hrs)
application number: 8-093
Within the VIDI project “An experimental approach to the interaction of tone sandhi and focus expression in six dialects of Chinese”, we are looking for
One PhD candidate with expertise in Chinese linguistics.
Project description:
The way sentences are pronounced signals listeners how they should relate information in the sentence to the preceding discourse, a phenomenon known as ‘focus’or ‘information structure’. As in many languages, expression of focus in English is determined by how constituents are grouped into domains and how pitch accents are realized within domains.
For instance, if She teaches in
Language differ in the way phrasing and prominence interact to signal focus. Chinese dialects present a challenging and revealing research area for this interaction. These dialects use pitch changes (tone) to indicate word meanings in isolation, but tonal realization of words in phrases is determined by domain formation ( i .e. phrasing effect) within the domain, together known as tone sandhi. Crucially, focus effects tone sandhi.
Thus far, studies on tone sandhi, however, rarely consider the effect of different focus conditions. Work on focus realization has also been limited to simple morpho-syntactic constituents in few dialects. I propose a systematic experimental approach to examining the interaction of these two hitherto independent lines of research (tone sandhi and focus realization) in six dialects of Chinese, which lie on a continuum between dialects with dense tonal distributions and sparser distributions. In so doing, I hope to contribute to the understanding of the phonetics and phonology of tone sandhi, and to a cross-linguistic theory of focus realization, which has largely been based on European and African languages.
Applications:
Please send your letter (in Dutch or English) within two weeks after the publication of this advertisement, including a cover letter, a CV, sample academic writings (such as a copy of BA, MA or M.Phil thesis, and/or published articles if available), and two letters of recommendation. Send the letter, indicating the application number on letter and envelope to:
De afdeling P&O, t.a.v. E.M.Bakker,
faculteit der Letteren,
Postbus 9515,
2300 RA Leiden,
The Netherlands.
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I would like to take part to a Phd course on Chinise Language or Chinese Philosophy, in a UE country, please provide me with the relevant information.
Concerning this post:
PhD Position Leiden University Centre for Linguistics
April 21, 2008
Faculty of Arts, Leiden University Centre for Linguistics
ONE PHD POSITION (38 hrs)
application number: 8-093
are they looking for a resource who already has a Phd or for a candidate to a PhD training?
Kind regards
I would like to get a kind of scholarship for PhD course in Linguistics from a good European university by which I can afford to pay for my university tuition and living expenses as well.
I would be so grateful if you help me in this regard.
Sincerely yours
Shayesteh Sadeh
hellow!I have been looking for scholarship in U.K. I am a student of linguistics final year,and I am planning to do research on my language that is kulung language ,I am Sikkim, India.would you guide me how to apply?where to apply?what are the terms and condition?
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yours faithfully,
shrity Rai