LAGB members may be interested in a number of funding opportunities for a PhD in Linguistics at the Department of Linguistics and English Language at the University of Manchester – see the attached file for details. 

Competitive applications are welcome in any of our areas of expertise, including phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax (lexical-functional grammar, role and reference grammar, construction grammar, and minimalism), (formal) semantics, pragmatics, language variation and change, historical linguistics, language contact, first language acquisition, field linguistics, typology, and quantitative corpus-based approaches. Note that we cannot normally supervise projects with a primary focus on second language teaching and learning. See our list of staff members and their research interests: https://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/linguistics-and-english-language/about/people/.

For details about the PhD programme, see 

https://www.manchester.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-research/programmes/list/03052/phd-linguistics/

In order to be eligible for funding, you will have to submit an online application for a place on Manchester University’s PhD Programme in Linguistics by Monday, 14 January 2019. For information on how to apply for a PhD programme at the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures please see:  http://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-research/applying/