Fully Funded Macquarie University 2021 International PhD Positions in Multicultural Australian English

Macquarie University International PhD Positions in Multicultural Australian English 2021 is offered for PhD degree in the field of Language. You can apply to this scholarship here. The deadline for the sending your application is 01 Jul 2021. This scholarship is provided by Macquarie University and the value of this scholarship is Full Funding, Tuition fees and Stipend . This scholarship is open for: Open to all nationals.
Macquarie University is offering an MRes Year 2 + Ph.D. bundle or Ph.D. scholarship in Phonetics/Speech Science through the Australian Research Council Future Fellowship project “Multicultural Australian English: The new voice of Sydney” awarded to Prof Felicity Cox (2019-2022).

Project Description: This project examines the relationship between speech production and ethnic diversity in multicultural Sydney. The aim is to generate an integrated and inclusive model of Australian-English, through phonetic analysis of speech used by adolescents from a range of language backgrounds. Outcomes are expected to inform sociophonetic theories of variation, ethnicity, and identity, and provide a crucial framework for supporting sociocultural cohesion.

• Table of Content
• About Macquarie University
• Macquarie University PhD Scholarship
• Aim and Benefits of Macquarie University PhD Scholarship
• Macquarie University PhD Scholarship Courses
• Requirements for Macquarie University PhD Scholarship Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Macquarie University

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Macquarie University PhD Scholarship

Application Deadline	01 Jul 2021
Country to study	Australia
School to study	Macquarie University
Type	PhD
Course to study	View courses
Sponsor	Macquarie University
Gender	Men and Women

Aim and Benefits of Macquarie University PhD Scholarship

Successful applicants of the Macquarie University International Ph.D. Positions in Multicultural Australian English 2021 will receive the following benefits-

• Tuition Fee Offset 
• A Living Allowance Stipend- value and tenure of the scholarship is an “MQRES” full-time stipend rate of $28,597 per annum (in 2021 tax-exempt for up to 4 years - indexed annually).

Macquarie University PhD Scholarship Courses

• Language

Requirements for Macquarie University PhD Scholarship Qualification

• Applicants from all nationalities are eligible.
• Applicants must undertake a direct-entry Ph.D. or MRes Year 2 (1 year) + Ph.D. (3 years) program.

The suitable applicant should have a disciplinary background in phonetics or sociophonetics. The specific topic of the candidate's research project is negotiable. Potential projects may include:

• acoustic and/or articulatory examination of select phonetic features of Australian English used by speakers from a range of heritage language backgrounds such as Arabic, Mandarin, Hindi, German, Vietnamese, English
• analysis of the relationship between speech production and the level and type of speaker engagement with the local community
• ethnophonetic analysis of social microcultures within a school setting
• examination of sound change through a comparison between select acoustic data from the Multicultural Australian English project and archival Australian English data
• examination of sound change through agent-based modeling

Application Deadline

July 1, 2021

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Macquarie University on mqu.t1cloud.com to apply

New applicants to Macquarie University will need to complete the OnlineHDR Candidature and Scholarship Application via the Online Application System and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Further information can be found on the How to Apply page.

• MUST submit a Scholarship Only Application form with supporting documents. Please refer to a Guideline on "How to submit a Scholarship only application".
• MUST indicate the allocation number under the scholarship details question
• MUST include ID number and full name in email subject line (in one PDF attachment)