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To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/posttolinguist.cfm Directory         1.     Dag Trygve Truslew Haug , Greek, Ancient; Latin & Indo-European & Historical Linguistics, Pragmatics, Semantics, Text/Corpus Linguistics: Researcher, University of Oslo, Norway Message 1: Greek, Ancient; Latin & Indo-European & Historical Linguistics, Pragmatics, Semantics, Text/Corpus Linguistics: Researcher, University of Oslo, Norway Date: 22-Dec-2010 From: Dag Trygve Truslew Haug <daghaugifikk.uio.no> Subject: Greek, Ancient; Latin & Indo-European & Historical Linguistics, Pragmatics, Semantics, Text/Corpus Linguistics: Researcher, University of Oslo, Norway E-mail this message to a friend University or Organization: University of Oslo Department: IFIKK Job Location: Oslo, Norway Web Address: http://www.hf.uio.no/ifikk/proiel Job Rank: Researcher Specialty Areas: Historical Linguistics; Pragmatics; Semantics; Text/Corpus Linguistics Required Language(s): Greek, Ancient (grc)                             Latin (lat)                             Indo-European Description: A researcher position (SKO 1109) is available for one year in the project PROIEL - "Pragmatic Resources in Old Indo-European Languages' at the Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas. PROIEL is funded by the Norwegian Research Council's YFF-program, and has been running since January 1st, 2008. Its principal goal is to achieve a better understanding of the way information is structured by means the grammar makes available ('pragmatic resources') in the old Indo-European languages Greek, Latin, Classical Armenian, Gothic and Old Church Slavonic. To facilitate the study, we have built up a sophisticated electronic corpus with markup for morphology, syntax, information structure and more. More information is available at PROIEL. Requirements: *PhD degree in one of the relevant languages or in linguistics *The candidate will conduct research on one or more of the involved languages, and should also be able to relate to the Greek original text. In choosing the candidate for this and the other positions, we will aim at achieving coverage of the relevant languages. * The candidate will be expected to have his/her work place in Oslo and to participate in the various workshops and conferences organized as part of PROIEL. An important part of the project is the establishment and improvement of the electronic corpus. The candidate will be expected to devote some of his/her time to this work. Requested Qualifications and Personal Skills: * Experience with the use of corpora is an advantage * Good teamwork skills, experience from collaboration across established disciplines and initiative to joint activities * Motivation for the post We offer: * Salary level 57 - 64 (NOK 448.400- 510.200, depending on the level of expertise * A stimulating working environment * Attractive welfare arrangements Submissions Applicants must submit the following attachments with the electronic application: * Letter of application * List of publications * Curriculum Vitae including grades * Project description (no more than 2500 words) describing the candidate's intended contribution to PROIEL * Writing sample (total word limit: 10 000) We also ask all applicants to send in the names of two references. As a general rule an interview will be part of the assessment process. An application committee will invite selected candidates to submit educational certificates and scientific works for further assessment. Application Deadline: 01-Feb-2011 Web Address for Applications: http://uio.easycruit.com/vacancy/479516/62040?iso=no Contact Information: Dag Trygve Truslew Haug Email: daghaugifikk.uio.no New! Visit LL's Multitree project for over 1000 trees dynamically generated from scholarly hypotheses about language relationships:             http://multitree.linguistlist.org/ Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 04-Jan-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.