Multicultural Australian English: The new voice of Sydney

Description

Macquarie University is offering a PhD scholarship (3 years) 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).

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.

The suitable applicant should have 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 modelling

In addition to all of the documents required as part of an online application, applicants are also asked to provide a covering letter, CV and sample of their writing with their application.

Availability

This scholarship is available to eligible domestic or international candidates to undertake a direct entry 3-year PhD program.

To be eligible for a scholarship, applicants are expected to have a record of excellent academic performance and preferably, additional relevant research experience and/or peer-reviewed research activity in line with the University’s scholarship rating guidelines. Refer to the Rating Scholarship Applicants section for more information about these guidelines.

Scholarship Components

This scholarship provides a full-time living allowance/stipend currently valued at AUD $27,596 per annum, tax exempt (2019 rate) and a tuition-fee offset scholarship.

Contact Details

Name: Prof Felicity Cox
Email: felicity.cox@mq.edu.au
Phone: 9850-8767

How to Apply

For information on how to apply, select the "How to Apply" button below.

Please note, at the start of your application you should select the scholarship type of "HDR Project/Supervisor Specific Scholarship".