[USA] PhD Student in General Linguistics at University of Texas at Arlington

PhD Student in General Linguistics at University of Texas at Arlington

Institution/ Organization: The University of Texas at Arlington
Department: Linguistics & TESOL
Web Address: http://ling. uta.edu
Level: PhD
Duties: Teaching
Specialty Areas: General Linguistics

Description:
The Department of Linguistics & TESOL at The University of Texas at Arlington would like to announce the availability of five assistantships for new students admitted for study in our PhD program starting in Fall 2010. These graduate teaching assistantships will have a 9 month stipend of $15,300 and cover tuition for 9 hours of coursework a semester (9 hours is a full-time load).



Our Department has an established doctoral program, with strengths in language documentation, formal linguistics (syntax, semantics, pragmatics, phonology, phonetics), corpus linguistics, and second language acquisition (especially experimental approaches to SLA). Faculty strengths also include Asian, Austronesian, and Native American languages. We are hiring two new faculty this year, one in language documentation and syntax and another insecond language acquisition . Facilities include a new Speech Sounds Lab with a soundproof booth and a portable ultrasound. The graduate students in our Department also organize an annual student conference that includes the Yumi Nakamura Prize in Linguistics, which awards a cash prize to the top presentations at the conference.

Because these assistantships were just announced by our Graduate School, we suggest applicants submit their materials by February 12, 2010 for fullest consideration for admission and this funding program. Application information for prospective students can be found at:
http://ling.uta.edu/prospective-students/

Application Deadline: 12-Feb-2010

Mailing Address for Applications:
Attn: Graduate Advisor
Department of Linguistics & TESOL The University of Texas at Arlington
Box 19559 ? 403 Hammond Hall
Arlington TX 76019-0559
USA

Web Address for Applications: http://grad.uta.edu/prospective/apply/howto/

Contact Information:
Drew Burks
ling.advisor@uta.edu