LINGUIST List 22.4365 Thu Nov 03 2011 Jobs: Syntactic Alternation: Post Doc, Laboratory EFL Editor for this issue: Christy Bird <christylinguistlist.org> The LINGUIST List strongly encourages employers to engage in non-discriminatory hiring practices. We urge employers not to discriminate on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, age, religion, gender, or sexual orientation. However, we have no means of enforcing these standards. Job seekers should pay special attention to language in ads regarding employment requirements and are encouraged to consult our international employment page at http://linguistlist.org/jobs/jobnet.html. This page has been set up so that people can report on the employment standards of various countries. To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/posttolinguist.cfm Directory         1.     Anne Abeillé , Syntactic Alternation; Preferences Between Elliptical and Non Elliptic: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Laboratory Empirical Foundations of Linguistics, Paris, France Message 1: Syntactic Alternation; Preferences Between Elliptical and Non Elliptic: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Laboratory Empirical Foundations of Linguistics, Paris, France Date: 02-Nov-2011 From: Anne Abeillé <anne.abeillelinguist.jussieu.fr> Subject: Syntactic Alternation; Preferences Between Elliptical and Non Elliptic: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Laboratory Empirical Foundations of Linguistics, Paris, France E-mail this message to a friend University or Organization: Laboratory Empirical Foundations of Linguistics Job Location: Paris, France Web Address: http://www.labex-efl.org/ Job Rank: Post Doc Specialty Areas: Syntax; Syntactic Alternation; Preferences Between Elliptical and Non Elliptic Description: Contact: Anne Abeillé and François Mouret, LLF Contact email: anne.abeillelinguist.jussieu.fr, francois.mouretfree.fr University: University Paris 7 Job rank: Postdoctoral researcher Duration: 12 months, from dec. 2011/jan. 2012 Salary: 24,000 EUR net income a year Keywords: Ellipsis, syntax, treebanks, spoken corpora Application deadline: 2011/11/10 Application email: marandinlinguist.jussieu.fr Application reference: EFL-SA3-IS2 Applicants are invited to work on a 10-year project in linguistics entitled, 'Empirical foundations of linguistics'. The candidate will work in the Strand 2 : « Experimental Grammar in a cross linguistic perspective », substrand « Experimental Syntax ». This a full time position. The successful applicant will have to document qualifications in linguistics/ psycholinguistics at the PhD level. Applicants will be assessed by an expert committee. The main emphasis of the assessment will be on the applicant's potential for research, as evident from: PhD thesis, other scholarly works and project description. S/he should have defended his/her PhD before dec 1st 2011. Please join with your application: CV; two names of referent (with email address); web address with publications. The applicant should be trained in syntax, annotated corpora and statistics. Knowledge of French or psycholinguistics will be a plus. The candidate will work on the different factors influencing preferences in the domain of sentential elliptical constructions (in particular RNR and gapping). S/he will compare coordinate constructions with and without ellipsis in written and spoken corpora, especially in available treebanks for English and French. Application Deadline: 10-Nov-2011 Email Address for Applications: marandinlinguist.jussieu.fr Contact Information: Anne Abeillé Email: anne.abeillelinguist.jussieu.fr Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 03-Nov-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.