[Fwd: 20.3395, Support: General Linguistics & TESL: PhD Student,
University of
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Karen Chung
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Oct 08, 2009 15:34 PDT
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Subject: 20.3395, Support: General Linguistics & TESL: PhD Student,
University of Iowa, USA
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 13:42:15 -0400
From: Catherine Ringen [catherin-@uiowa.edu]
Subject: General Linguistics & TESL: PhD Student, University of Iowa, USA
Institution/Organization: University of Iowa
Department: Linguistics
Web Address: http://www.uiowa.edu/~linguist/index.html
Level: PhD
Duties: Teaching
Specialty Areas: General Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Phonology;
Syntax
TESL
Description:
University of Iowa
Teaching Assistantships Available for Students Interested in MA/Phd in
Linguistics
The Department of Linguistics at the University of Iowa solicits
applications for 4 positions beginning fall 2010 for graduate students
interested in obtaining a PhD in Linguistics with focus on second
language acquisition (SLA), phonology or syntax. A limited number of
assistantships are also available for students interested in pursuing an
MA degree in Linguistics. The Department administers all ESL teaching
and testing on campus, and applicants who have the requisite experience
or who are interested in training to become ESL instructors are
especially encouraged to apply. Teaching assistantships are also
available within the Department for a variety of courses, including
Language and Society, Language and Formal Reasoning, Introduction to
Linguistics, Articulatory and Acoustic Phonetics, undergraduate Syntax,
and Languages of the World.
For PhD students, support for the academic year will be at least $16,580
(for a half-time assistantship). MA students usually receive
quarter-time assistantships ($8,290). All students with financial
support receive tuition fellowships which cover tuition (based on
enrollment in 9 hours).
To ensure consideration for these awards, applications should be
completed no later than March 1. Notification of awards is made in early
April.
The Department of Linguistics at Iowa has particular strengths in SLA,
phonology and syntax
Second Language Acquisition: The SLA curriculum includes courses for
students interested in first and second language acquisition. Courses
provide an overview and analysis of current SLA research conducted
within the generative framework, with emphasis on explaining the
linguistic competence of second language learners in terms of Universal
Grammar, the innate language acquisition device. Work focuses on
experimental research investigating the influence of the first
language, theories of UG access, and related topics.
Phonology: The phonology curriculum emphasizes current theoretical
perspectives, including Optimality Theory, along with the collection,
description, and interpretation of novel phonological and phonetic data.
Courses feature extensive work in data analysis and problem solving,
focusing on the construction and evaluation of phonological theories,
particularly in light of new empirical data.
Syntax: The curriculum in syntax includes the dual emphases of empirical
and theoretical perspectives through a variety of foundational courses
that build analytic and argumentation skills, as well as more
specialized course work on current issues in syntactic theory. The
courses consist of intensive work in problem solving, and combine
discovery and description of new linguistic data with exploration of the
implications of such facts in testing and constructing syntactic theories.
Faculty in the Department have current research interests and expertise
in Austronesian languages, Slavic languages, Germanic languages, Bantu
languages, South Asian languages, Finnish, Hungarian, and Turkish.
For further information, contact William Davies (see contact information
below).
Application Deadline: 01-Mar-2010
Web Address for Applications:
http://apply.admissions.uiowa.edu/admissions/login.page
Contact Information:
Prof. William Davies
william-@uiowa.edu
Phone:335-0215
Fax:319-335-3971
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LINGUIST List: Vol-20-3395
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