LINGUIST List 13.1491

Thu May 23 2002

Jobs: Phonetics/Phonology/Acquisition:Hamburg Germany

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1. Conxita Lle�, Phonetics, Phonology, Acquisition: Research Asst at U/Hamburg, Germany

Rank of Job: Research Assistant
Areas Required: phonetics, phonology, acquisition
Other Desired Areas: speech acoustics
University or Organization: University of Hamburg
Department: Center for Multilingualism
State or Province: Hamburg
Country: Germany
Final Date of Application: May 30th 2002
Contact: Conxita Lle� lleouni-hamburg.de

Address for Applications:
Institut f�r Romanistik, Universit�t Hamburg, Von-Melle-Park 6,
Hamburg
 20146
Germany

The CENTER FOR MULTILINGUALISM at the UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG

invites applications for a RESEARCH ASSISTANT (BAT IIa/Halbe) to work
in the project "Prosodic Constraints on the Phonological and
Morphological Development of Bilingual Children" under the direction
of Prof. Conxita Lle�. The project, funded by the German Science
Foundation (DFG) and the University of Hamburg, examines bilingual
acquisition of German and Spanish in early and late childhood. The
relationship between the two developing systems especially at the
prosodic level constitutes the focus of the project. The position is
part-time and gives the researcher the opportunity of doing a
Ph.D. Beginning 1 July 2002, for 3 years.

Applicants should have a University Degree in Linguistics, in the area
of phonetics and phonology and have an excellent mastery of Spanish (a
native speaker would be preferred) and some knowledge of German.
Experience in acoustic analysis is absolutely necessary.
Computing/database experience and some knowledge of statistics would
be an advantage.

Applicants should send full C.V. and the names and e-mail addresses of
at least one academic referee by May 30th 2002 to Professor Conxita
Lle�, Institut f�r Romanistik, Universit�t Hamburg, Von-Melle-Park 6,
20146 Hamburg, GERMANY. Informal queries over e-mail are welcome:
lleouni-hamburg.de