LINGUIST List 11.599

Fri Mar 17 2000

Jobs: Corpus Ling:Junior Research Assistant, UK

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1. Joan C.Beal, Corpus Ling:Junior Research Assistant at University of Newcastle, Tyne & Wear UK

Rank of Job: Junior Research Assistant
Areas Required: British English Dialects
Other Desired Areas: 
University or Organization: University of Newcastle
Department: English LIterary & Linguistic Studies
State or Province: Tyne & Wear
Country: UK
Final Date of Application: 31st March 2000
Contact: Joan C. Beal Joan.Bealncl.ac.uk

Address for Applications:
Percy Building, University of Newcastle
Newcastle
Tyne & Wear NE1 7RU
UK

Junior Research Assistant: Newcastle-Poitiers Electronic Corpus of
Tyneside English

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Working on the Newcastle-Poitiers Electronic Corpus of Tyneside English, 
you will need a good honours degree in English Language or Linguistics. 
Familiarity with Tyneside English is also essential in order to prepare 
orthographic transcriptions, and to tag those transcriptions for 
grammatical features. Previous experience is highly desirable, as are 
bibliographical and database skills.

The appointment will be available for a period of 3 months, starting 3rd 
April or as soon as possible after that date.

Applications, including a cv and the names and addresses of referees, 
should be submitted to Dr J Beal, Department of English Literary and 
Linguistic Studies, Percy Building, University of Newcastle, 
Newcastle NE1 7RU. Informal enquiries may be made to Rowena
Bryson on 0191 2227761 or preferably by email to Joan.Bealncl.ac.uk