LINGUIST List 10.373

Wed Mar 10 1999

Jobs: General Linguistics, Morphology/Typology

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1. Patricia Squadrito, General Ling; 1-year Visiting Asst. Prof at Brown University
2. Greville G. Corbett, Morphology/Typology; Research post at the Univ of Surrey

The Department of Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences at Brown University
invites applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor position
beginning on July 1, 1999 for a term of one-year. Duties will include
teaching Introduction to Linguistic Theory, and Introduction to
Phonological Theory in the Fall semester, and one course in the Spring
semester. (The Spring semester course will be determined by the
successful candidate's expertise and by departmental needs). Ph.D. must
be in hand by August, 1999.

Please send a curriculum vitae, samples of research, teaching
evaluations (if available) or other evidence of excellence in teaching,
and 3 letters of recommendation by March 15, 1999 to:

 Linguistics Search Committee
 Department of Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences
 Box 1978
 Brown University
 Providence, R.I. 02912

Brown University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.
Women and minorites are encouraged to apply.

University of Surrey
SCHOOL OF LANGUAGE AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES


RESEARCH FELLOW IN THE SURREY MORPHOLOGY GROUP

Starting salary up to 17,750 pounds per annum, depending on age and
experience.

Applications are invited for a three-year post on an ESRC-funded
project "A Typology of Syncretism". The post will be in the Surrey
Morphology Group, which specializes in typology, particularly the
application of formal and statistical approaches to typology. The
project will be directed by Professor Greville Corbett and Dr Dunstan
Brown. 


Candidates should have wide-ranging interests within linguistics. A
good post-graduate degree in linguistics is highly desirable. An
interest in any of the following would be advantageous: typology,
morphological theory, syntactic theory, Russian, other languages
(especially from families relevant for investigating syncretism).


The job will involve collecting and analysing cross-linguistic data,
maintaining a database, compiling a bibliography and contributing to
joint papers.


Details of the Surrey Morphology Group can be found at:

http://www.surrey.ac.uk/LIS/SMG/


Informal enquiries may be made to Dunstan Brown (d.brownsurrey.ac.uk)
or to Greville Corbett (g.corbettsurrey.ac.uk). 


For an application pack, please telephone +1483 873846 or e-mail
A.Bellsurrey.ac.uk or write to the Personnel Department (arb),
University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 5XH. Please supply your
postal address, where you saw the advertisement and the vacancy
reference number 1668/arb. The closing date for written applications
is Thursday 15th April 1999. Interviews will be held on Thursday 13th
May 1999.


Visit the University Web Site at http://www.surrey.ac.uk/

The University is committed to an Equal Opportunities Policy