LINGUIST List 11.1436

Wed Jun 28 2000

Jobs: Agreement Project, University of Surrey

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1. Dunstan Brown, Agreement Project, University of Surrey

University of Surrey

School of Language, Law and International Studies

Research Fellow in the Surrey Morphology Group (Ref: 2517)

Salary: #16,286 - #18,185 per annum

Applications are invited for a two-year post in the Surrey Morphology
Group within the School. The Group specialises in typology,
particularly the application of formal and statistical approaches. This
post is for an ESRC-funded project Agreement: an investigation into the
distribution of information, directed by Professor Greville Corbett and
Dr Dunstan Brown, assisted by Dr Andrew Hippisley.

Candidates should have wide-ranging interests within linguistics. A
good post-graduate degree in linguistics is highly desirable, and an
interest in any of the following would be advantageous: typology,
morphological theory (particularly syncretism and suppletion), syntactic
theory, Russian, other languages.

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

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).

For an application pack, please contact Mrs AR Fleming by telephone on
01483 873846 (24 hours), or by e-mail at a.flemingsurrey.ac.uk or at
the University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH. Please supply your
postal address and the reference number 2517/AF. Please do not submit
any documentation until you have received this pack. The closing date
for written applications is Monday 14th August 2000. It is intended to
interview shortlisted candidates on Tuesday 29th August 2000.

Visit the University Web Site at http://www.surrey.ac.uk/
The University is committed to an Equal Opportunities Policy.



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Dr Dunstan Brown
Lecturer in Linguistics and Russian Language
LIS
University of Surrey
Guildford
Surrey GU2 5XH
Tel: +44 1483 259957
Fax: +44 1483 259527
Email: d.brownsurrey.ac.uk