PhD Studentship: Fully Funded PhD Studentship on Predictability in Romance Verbal Inflection

Join a pioneering research project on Romance languages and verbal inflection predictability.

Best for:Best for linguists with a strong background in morphological analysis and Romance languages.

University of Surrey · South East England, United Kingdom · R1 · First-stage researcher

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Romance languagesverbal inflectionmorphological theorycomputational linguistics

Deadline

Dec 20, 2026

67 days

Funding

Salaried

£21.8k/yr

Start date

April 2027

Full-time

Location

South East England

United Kingdom

Overview

The Surrey Morphology Group at the University of Surrey is offering a fully funded PhD studentship focused on the predictability of Romance verbal inflection. This project, part of the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship, aims to explore how speakers infer the forms of inflected words across languages. The successful candidate will engage in innovative computational research and collaborate with experts in the field. This position provides an opportunity to delve into both synchronic and diachronic aspects of language predictability.

PhDstudentshipmorphologylinguisticspredictabilityRomance languagescomputational toolslanguage structures

What you'll do

Conduct research on the predictability of verbal inflection in Romance languages.
Develop and apply computational tools to analyze linguistic data.
Collaborate with project members to refine methodologies and datasets.
Engage in academic discussions and contribute to the research environment of the Surrey Morphology Group.

Requirements

Degree required: Bachelor's degree in Linguistics or a related field

Degree offered: PhD

Language: English; proficiency as per PhD program requirements

Instruction: English

Required skills

Strong performance in undergraduate studies
Expertise in morphological description and analysis
Familiarity with Romance linguistics
Ability to meet English language requirements for the PhD program

Nice to have

Willingness to learn technical aspects of computational methodology

Eligibility

Open to UK and international candidates
No age limit specified

Funding & terms

Type

Salaried

Amount

£21.8k/yr

Duration

3.5 years

Programme

UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship

UKRI

How to apply

Deadline: 2026-12-20

Applications should be submitted through the Linguistics PhD programme page. Additionally, send a CV and a one-page statement of interest to Alison Stubley, specifying the project title and supervisors.

Documents required