The School of Arts and Social Sciences at Northumbria University is offering a number of full-time PhD studentships to commence in October 2012.

The division of Linguistics and English Language in the Department of Humanities is inviting applications from applicants who have a broad interest in cognitive linguistics and/or discourse analysis. We particularly welcome applications from students interested in empirical approaches (including both corpus and experimental methods) and the study of spoken language.

Successful applicants will receive

• A full fee waiver (home and EU students only) for three years full time
• A bursary of £13,590 per annum for three years (full time)
• Access to a work station within a high quality postgraduate research centre
• Access to funds to support research expenses (conferences or archive visits)

We are looking to recruit candidates who can demonstrate a strong performance in their undergraduate degree (probably first class) as well as a good MA or MSc qualification or equivalent experience. We will, however, consider candidates straight from undergraduate degrees where there is evidence of exceptional academic ability. Prospective candidates from overseas should contact us concerning entry requirements at: az.pgr@northumbria.ac.uk

For information on Linguistics research at Northumbria please see:

http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/sd/academic/sass/about/humanities/englishhome/linguistics/lingresearch/

For details of the application process please see

www.northumbria.ac.uk/sassstudentshipsft2012

Informal enquiries regarding research topics can be addressed to Regina Weinert, regina.weinert@northumbria.ac.uk

Best wishes,

Regina Weinert

Professor in General and Applied Linguistics

Department of Humanities

School of Arts and Social Sciences

Northumbria University

Lipman Building

Sandyford Road

Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST

UK

Tel.: 0191 227 4299

Fax: 0191 227 3696

Email: regina.weinert@northumbria.ac.uk