Job Announcement: University of Edinburgh

Employer:		University of Edinburgh Linguistics and English Language http://ling.ed.ac.uk
Job Location:		Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Rank or Title:		Lecturer
Linguistic Field(s):		General Linguistics Language Evolution
LL Issue:		20.3502
Date Posted:		17-Oct-2009
Job Description:		Linguistics and English Language, a subject area within the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, seeks to appoint a Lecturer in Language Evolution. The successful candidate must have (1) a Ph.D. (or equivalent degree) in linguistics or a very closely related academic field; (2) experience of teaching core linguistics sub areas at university level; and (3) a strong research program, with potential for attracting external funding, relating to the department's ongoing research program in the empirical investigation of the evolution of language (see http://ling.ed.ac.uk/lec/LEC/Research.html). The post is at grade UE08 in the UK system and the salary will be in the range 36,532 to 43,622 GBP (currently between about $60,000 and about $70,000). Applications can be completed and submitted online (go to http://www.jobs.ed.ac.uk/ and look for the new vacancy with post number 3011813).
Application Deadline:		04-Dec-2009
Application URL:		http://www.jobs.ed.ac.uk/vacancies/index.cfm?fuseaction=vacancies
Contact Information:		Professor Geoffrey Pullum click here to access email