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Job Announcement: Department of English Literature, Gunma Prefectural Women's University, would like to invite applications for a position teaching English Linguistics, starting 1 April 1999. Applicants must be Japanese nationals and under the age of 55. Applications are encouraged from those with academic qualifications (M. A. or equivalent) in one or more of the following areas: Discourse Analysis; Sociolinguistics; and Pragmatics. Gunma Prefectural Women's University is situated near the borderline between Gunma and Saitama. It takes about 1.5 hours from here to Tokyo by train. The deadline of the application is 22 July 1998. This is not an official announcement. Those interested in receiving an official job advertisement should write to Shigenori Wakabayashi by sending an email to <wakabaMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issuesunfield.or.jp> or by sending a fax (in Japanese) to 81-(0)270-65-9538.
The University of Stellenbosch, South Africa invites applications for the following position: PROFESSOR / ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN AFRICAN LANGUAGES Duties: Teaching at undergraduate as well as post graduate levels; active research involvement. Requirements: An appropriate doctorate in an African Language; specialisation in either African linguistics and/or African literature and/or communication studies applied to African languages; a proven research and publication record. Recommendation: Mother tongue competency in an African language spoken in South Africa. Commencement of duties: January 1999 or as soon as possible thereafter Closing date for applications: 17 July 1998 Enquiries: Prof Justus Roux on +27 (0)21 808 2017; fax +27 (0)21 808 2171; e-mail: jcrMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issuematies.sun.ac.za ========== A competitive remuneration package and excellent fringe benefits are attached to this position. For further details contact +27 (0)21 808 3740 A comprehensive curriculum vitae and details regarding your present occupation, salary and citizenship as well as the names and telephone numbers of at least two referees, an indication of the earliest date on which duty can be assumed, and attested copies of certificates should be addressed to the Chief Director, Human Resources, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa. Fax +27 (0)21 808 2484. applicants should request their referees to send confidential reports as soon as possible directly to the same address. The University of Stellenbosch is dedicated to equal opportunity. ========================================
We are looking for an active scholar interested in anthropological linguistics to join our international editorial board on the Anthropology Review Database. ARD is an electronic resource, publishing reviews of the whole gamut of anthropological media and linking to items published in other fora. Review editors oversee the production of reviews to ensure quality and provide advice for the main project itself. They are also encouraged to develop our project in other ways, such as expanding our acquisitions. Please visit our Web site for more details about the project. I would be happy to discuss the (volunteer) position further. Thanks, Hugh Jarvis Hugh Jarvis hjarvisMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issueacsu.buffalo.edu Editor, Anthropology Review Database http://wings.buffalo.edu/ARD/