The University of Brighton's Doctoral College invites applications from around the world for one of up to 40 new PhD studentships available for entry during the 2012/2013 academic year.

Two of the studentships are in linguistics undefined see below.

Full details: http://www.brighton.ac.uk/researchstudy/2012studentships/

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Each studentship is worth £55,650 and will support full-time study over a three-year period, including £14,300 per year towards living expenses.

Linguistics topics:

Modality in English and the semantics/pragmatics interface
http://www.brighton.ac.uk/researchstudy/2012studentships/arts-and-humanities/modality-in-english-and-the-semanticspragmatics-interface

The future of the languages of Europe (contrastive linguistics, English and German)
http://www.brighton.ac.uk/researchstudy/2012studentships/arts-and-humanities/the-future-of-the-languages-of-europe-contrastive-linguistics-english-and-german

These urls need to be on a single line. You can also find these topics easily via the Full details page above.

For informal discussion about the linguistics studentships, email Professor Raphael Salkie (r.m.salkie@bton.ac.uk).

For general enquiries about the scheme, or to be put in touch with a supervisor, please contact the Brighton Doctoral College by email at: doctoralcollegedean@brighton.ac.uk