The University of Greenwich is pleased to invite applications for a full-time PhD scholarship of 3 years of duration (renewals subject to review) in the area of Theoretical Linguistics and Language Acquisition.

The successful candidate will become part of the Applied Linguistics Research group at the University of Greenwich and other international research groups the leading supervisors work in.

The work of the holder of the PhD-studentship will feed into a broader project about linguistic variation and copular clauses in several languages including Spanish and English. The PhD student will contribute to (i) evaluate current theoretical hypotheses about the copular alternation in languages such as Spanish; (ii) assess the different predictions each one of them makes for language acquisition; (iii) design and carry out experiments that produce finer-grained data that can help identify the locus of copular alternation and the acquisition path leading to native grammars of Spanish.

For further information about this scholarship, please contact:

Dr María J. Arche

M.J.Arche@greenwich.ac.uk

Requirements. 1st Class or Upper 2nd class Honours Bachelors Degree or Masters degree (UK or UK equivalent) in Linguistics or Applied Linguistics and demonstrate previous experience of undertaking research (e.g. undergraduate or taught Master’s dissertation).

For those whose first language is not English or if from a country where English is not the first language , a language proficiency score of at least IELTS 6.5 (in all elements of the test) or TOEFL 100 ibt (600 pbt) unless the degree above was taught in English and obtained in a majority English speaking country, e.g. UK, USA, Australia, New Zealand.

For further details about both scholarships and application form, go to http://www2.gre.ac.uk/research/study/studentships/hss

Deadline for applications:  Friday 13 July 2012; open until filled

Interviews will take place week commencing 17 September 2012