博士招生｜纽卡斯尔大学招收语言学博士生

Linguistics and English Language Integrated PhD

    纽卡斯尔大学（Newcastle University），简称纽大，位于英国英格兰”八大核心城市“之一的纽卡斯尔市，前身为1834年建立的医学与外科学院（School of Medicine and Surgery）和1871年成立的阿姆斯特朗学院（ArmstrongCollege），后合并为杜伦联邦大学国王学院（King's College, The Federal University of Durham），在1963年根据国会法案（Act of Parliament）与杜伦大学分别成立各自独立的学校，正式全名为“泰恩河畔纽卡斯尔大学” （University of Newcastle upon Tyne）。

    纽大作为罗素大学集团的成员，以及N8大学联盟、欧洲大学协会、英联邦大学协会、英日RENKEI的成员，拥有欧洲顶尖的医学院。此外，纽大也是英国拥有最多欧盟研究文件的大学之一。除在英国纽卡斯尔的本校区外，纽大还在亚洲的马来西亚以及新加坡分别设立了马来西亚校区和新加坡校区。

    纽卡斯尔大学在英国官方每7年发布一次的REF英国大学科研实力排名中，位居全英第16位；在2022年QS世界大学排名中位居世界第134位；在2017英国政府教学卓越框架质量榜单中，成为TEF金奖大学；在2022QS世界大学排名中，纽卡斯尔大学获得5+星级评分。

    The Linguistics and English Language Integrated PhD (IPhD) combines taught modules with original research. You will develop knowledge and expertise in linguistics and English language. You will also gain detailed knowledge and experience of research methods and research management.

    The course is for those who haven't completed a programme that leads to PhD study. It will suit those with a background in linguistics, English Language or related disciplines. You'll strengthen your knowledge base and research skills before embarking on writing a thesis.

Studying for an IPhD at Newcastle University offers many benefits and advantages, including:

• a track record in student satisfaction

• diverse staff expertise

• activities and events

• career development

• funding opportunities

Year one forms the taught element of the course. You will study compulsory and optional modules and select a specialist pathway. You will then complete a 60 credit independent research project (15,000 words).

Years two, three and four constitute the research based element of the course. You will write a 80,000 word thesis under the guidance and direction of two supervisors.

Pathways

We offer three pathways, with supervision in the following areas:

Language acquisition, development and evolution

• first language acquisition and development

• acquisition of second language morphosyntax and phonology

• evolutionary linguistics

Language variation and change

• historical/diachronic linguistics

• variationist/comparative linguistics

• sociolinguistics

• grammaticalization

• dialect syntax

• corpus analysis

• linguistic typology

Formal linguistics

• syntactic theory and comparative syntax

• phonological theory

• morphophonology and morphosyntax

• philosophy of language and linguistics

• architecture of the language faculty

Research

    We are one of the largest centres for linguistic research in Europe. This gives you the opportunity to enrich your research. You'll gain exposure to a wide range of methodologies and diverse theoretical perspectives.

    Our Centre for Research in Linguistics and Language Sciences (CRiLLS) offers training that complements the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Research Training Programme. Your training is organised by a postgraduate researcher and academic staff to ensure that your training needs are met. Sessions include:

• writing conference abstracts

• presenting at conferences

• preparing job applications and interviews

• practical workshops on specific software programs (eg statistical packages, corpus linguistic methodologies)

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