University of Kent · Part-time
Linguistics
Over the duration of the PhD, you produce an original piece of research of up to 100,000 words. Current PhD projects include: ‘Prosody of Language and Music’, ‘Mapping the Musical Rhythms of Autistic Speech’, ‘Arpitan: A Study of An Emerging Linguistic Variety…
PhD5 yearsPart-time
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School of European Culture and Languages · Language and area studies
Over the duration of the PhD, you produce an original piece of research of up to 100,000 words. Current PhD projects include: ‘Prosody of Language and Music’, ‘Mapping the Musical Rhythms of Autistic Speech’, ‘Arpitan: A Study of An Emerging Linguistic Variety’, ‘It's A Funny Old World: The Construction of Possible Worlds in Jokes and Stand-up Comedy’ and ‘Investigating and Defining Urdu Phonology and its Role and Use in L2 (English) Perception and Production’.
Getting in
As the university states it
Applicants should hold a 2:1 in an undergraduate Bachelor's (Honours) degree in a relevant discipline and, normally, a Merit at Master’s level in a relevant discipline, from a UK or other approved university or equivalent. You must submit a research proposal of approximately 1,500 words on your intended topic. All applicants are considered on an individual basis and additional qualifications, professional qualifications, and relevant experience may also be taken into account when considering applications.
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