LINGUIST List 14.3486

Tue Dec 16 2003

Jobs: Syntax: Researcher, King's College London, UK

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1. mary, Syntax: Researcher, King's College London, United Kingdom

University or Organization: King's College London
Department: Computer Science
Rank of Job: Researcher
Specialty Areas: Syntax


Description:

Applications are invited for a fixed term Research Associate (RAIA)
post in syntactic theory, for appointment from 1st February 2004 to 31
December 2005, in the Department of Computer Science, King's College
London. Closing date for applications is 8th January 2004, with
interviews for the post to be held as soon as possible thereafter.

The successful applicant will participate in a newly funded
collaborative AHRB-funded project on ''Noun Phrase Agreement and
Coordination'' directed by Dr. Louisa Sadler (at the University of
Essex) and Dr. Mary Dalrymple (at King's College, London). The
project will conduct a number of empirical studies of the interaction
of coordination and agreement (inside and outside the NP), and on the
basis of these empirical studies will develop a formal theory of
agreement within the framework of Lexical Functional Grammar.

Candidates should have:
 - a good honours degree in linguistics or a related discipline 
 - a postgraduate research degree or experience working as a
 researcher
 - familiarity with constraint-based linguistic formalisms (especially
 LFG or HPSG)
 - an ability to work independently and collaboratively

Informal enquiries can be made to Mary Dalrymple, King's College
London, marydcs.kcl.ac.uk. For further details and information on
how to apply, see:

http://www.dcs.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/dalrymple-syntax.html or
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/HS614.html



Address for Applications:

	Attn: Ms. Andrea Lechner
	Personnel Department, 
	King's College London
	Strand
	London, WC2R 2LS
	United Kingdom 
 
	Applications are due by 08-Jan-2004 

Contact Information:
	Dr. Mary Dalrymple
	Email: marydcs.kcl.ac.uk
	Website: http://www.dcs.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/dalrymple-syntax.html