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RESEARCH ASSISTANT, Sociolinguistics/Language Variation and Change DEPARTMENT LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTIC SCIENCE, University of York, York, England Applications are invited for a position as a Research Assistant in the Department of Language and Linguistic Science for work on a project funded by the ESRC entitled: "Grammatical Variation and Change in British English: Perspectives from York. The position is available for 24 months from appointment, which is likely to be on or before 1 January 2000 at a salary of �16,286, depending on experience and qualifications. It is expected that the appointee will have at least a Masters degree in Sociolinguistics, Language Variation and Change, or equivalent, and preferably significant postgraduate research experience. Informal inquiries can also be made to Sali Tagliamonte (Department of Language & Linguistic Science, University of York, Heslington, YORK YO1 5DD, e-mail: st17Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issueyork.ac.uk). Further particulars and details of how to apply may be obtained by writing to the Personnel Office, University of York, Heslington, YORK YO10 5DD, or by email: jobs
york.ac.uk, quoting reference number 1/6066 or see http://www.york.ac.uk/admin/persnl/jobs/6066htm. Further information about the Department is available on the World Wide Web: http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/lang/ The closing for applications is Wednesday 20 October 1999. Sali Tagliamonte E-mail: st17
york.ac.uk Department of Language URL: http://www.york.ac.uk/~st17/ and Linguistic Science University of York Heslington, YORK, YO10 5DD