LINGUIST List 11.2587

Thu Nov 30 2000

Jobs: Discourse: Asst Prof at U of Texas at Arlington

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1. David J.Silva, Discourse, Comp Ling: Asst Prof at U of Texas at Arlington, USA

Rank of Job: Assistant Professor (tenure-track)
Areas Required: Discourse Analysis
Other Desired Areas: Computational Linguistics, Sociolinguistics
University or Organization: The University of Texas at Arlington
Department: Linguistics
State or Province: TX
Country: USA
Final Date of Application: December 31, 2000
Contact: David J. Silva daviduta.edu

Address for Applications:
Hammond Hall 403 -- UTA Box 19559
Arlington
TX 76019-0559
USA

The Program in Linguistics at the University of Texas at Arlington
solicits applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in
Linguistics (pending final administrative approval). 

Candidates should exhibit primary research interest and expertise in
the areas of Discourse Analysis (primarily text analysis) and
Computational Linguistics (primarily corpus management), with
secondary interests in either sociolinguistics, language variation, or
quantitative analysis of language data. Experience in a fieldwork
setting, particularly in the context of a non-Indo-Euorpean language,
is required. Applicants should have earned a Ph.D. in linguistics (or
a closely related discipline) by May 2001 and be prepared to begin
employment in August 2001. Duties include teaching graduate courses
and supervising masters- and doctoral-level research.

For fullest consideration, applicants should submit a cover letter, a
CV, and a list with the names, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of
three references to:
 David J. Silva, Director
 UTA Program in Linguistics
 Hammond Hall 403 -- UTA Box 19559
 Arlington, TX 76019-0559 USA
Materials should be received no later than December 31, 2000. (No
electronic submissions, please.) A limited number of applicants will be
contacted for interview at the LSA Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.

For more information about the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA),
visit http://www.uta.edu; for more information about the UTA Program in
Linguistics, visit http://ling.uta.edu. UTA is an Equal Opportunity
Employer.