Six (6) PhD Scholarships in Applied Linguistics, Cardiff University, UK (2015)

The School of English, Language and Communication will make up to six awards to UK, EU and International students enrolling on the part-time, distance PhD programme in Applied Linguistics (Lexical Studies).

Projects:
All students on the part-time distance learning PhD programme in Applied Linguistics (Lexical Studies) work in the broad areas of lexical research and lexical perspectives on language issues. Specific topics include, for example, vocabulary processing, assessment of vocabulary knowledge, second language acquisition, lexical attrition in L1 or L2, lexical loss in acquired communication disorders, formulaic language, corpus approaches to lexical investigation, and the interface of lexis and syntax. Contributors to the programme include Professors Alison Wray, Tess Fitzpatrick and Paul Meara, Dr Dawn Knight and other members of the Centre for Language and Communication Research, Cardiff University.

Further details:
http://courses.cardiff.ac.uk