LINGUIST List 23.4369
Thu Oct 18 2012
Support: General Linguistics: PhD Student, McGill University, Canada
Editor for this issue: Brent Miller
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Date: 18-Oct-2012
From: Michael Wagner <chael
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Subject: General Linguistics: PhD Student, McGill University, Canada
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Department: Linguistics
Web Address:
http://www.mcgill.ca/linguistics
Level: PhD
Specialty Areas: General Linguistics
Experimental Linguistics
Description:
The McGill Graduate Program in Linguistics has recently undergone significantrestructuring and expansion. We are sending this message to let people knowabout these changes and to invite applications for the academic year 2013-2014.
Our Ph.D. program has changed significantly. The new Experimental Stream offersa two-course sequence in Experimental Linguistics ('Foundations' and 'Methods'),focusing on experimental, statistical, and computational methods. There arefurther new offerings in the areas of expertise of our recent hires: Meghan Clayards(Phonetics and Psycholinguistics), Morgan Sonderegger (ComputationalPhonology and Phonetics), and Michael Wagner (Prosody and LanguageProcessing). These additions complement existing strengths in L2 Acquisition ofSyntax (Lydia White), L1 and L2 Acquisition of Phonology (Heather Goad),Neurolinguistics (Yosef Grodzinsky) and Sociolinguistics (Charles Boberg). Theexperimental stream allows our students to focus on empirical studies while alsoacquiring a solid grounding in linguistic theory. The department has excellentresources for conducting empirical research: two experimental labs, a fieldmethods lab, and soon also a computational lab, equipped with state-of-the-artequipment, including eye trackers, sound-attenuated booths, and high-performancecomputers. We are affiliated with many other experimental facilities through theCentre for Research on Brain, Language, and Music (crblm.org), and also haveclose ties to the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders and theDepartment of Psychology.
At the same time we have also extended our offerings in syntax and semantics.Luis Alonso-Ovalle has joined Brendan Gillon and Bernhard Schwarz to strengthenour program in the areas of Formal Semantics and Pragmatics. Jessica Coon hasjoined Junko Shimoyama and Lisa Travis to extend our syntax offerings, and hasalso reinvigorated the department's long tradition in teaching Field Methods andconducting Field Work, which has already resulted in a collaborative languagerevitalization project with a local community (see migmaq.org for moreinformation).
The 5-year PhD program in Linguistics offers a competitive funding package andallows for applications straight from a B.A. or after an M.A. Applicants areadmitted to the program rather than to work with a specific supervisor. This givesstudents considerable flexibility in developing their own research agenda. Theprogram offers a tight curriculum of core courses in the first year, and a lighter loadwith more in-depth courses in the second year. Students write and defend twoevaluation papers before embarking on their dissertation research, as is commonin other North American Ph.D. programs.
The stand-alone M.A. program is intended for students who wish to pursue furtherstudies in Linguistics before deciding whether or not to continue on to a Ph.D.program. We also offer a Qualifying Year program for students transitioning intoLinguistics from other fields.
More information about research and teaching in the department is available on ourwebsite (
http://www.mcgill.ca/linguistics/graduate). Our website also providesinformation on living in Montréal, where McGill University is located, acosmopolitan, bilingual, and affordable city. Instruction at McGill is in English.
Note that we have a comparatively early deadline: December 15th.
We'd be excited to see your applications this fall!
The Department of Linguistics, McGill University
Applications Deadline: 15-Dec-2012
Web Address for Applications:
http://www.mcgill.ca/linguistics/graduate
Contact Information:
Heather Goad heather.goad
mcgill.ca
Page Updated: 18-Oct-2012