Job Announcements

Language and Culture Research Centre, James Cook University, Australia - 2012-02-27

An opportunity has arisen, for a top-class, highly motivated linguist, to spend 6-10 months as a Visiting Fellow within the Language and Culture Research Centre, at James Cook University, situated in the tropical city of Cairns, North Queensland, Australia. They would work with Distinguished Professor Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald and Professor R. M. W. Dixon within the Project 'The world through the prism of language: a cross-linguistic view of noun classes, genders and classifiers'. We invite expressions of interest from scholars at all levels, from Post-Doctoral on up.

The summary of the project is:

Genders, noun classes and classifiers are the grammatical means for linguistic categorisation of nouns and nominals. Semantic features they encode offer ‘a unique window’ into how humans construct representations of the world and encode them into their languages. The aim of this project is to investigate, across the world's languages, the gamut of noun classification devices, their meanings, and their correlations with the socio-cultural and physical environment in which a language is spoken. Particular attention will be paid to little known languages from New Guinea and Amazonia. The project has far-reaching implications for studies of human interaction and cognition.

The Language and Culture Research Centre (LCRC) brings together linguists, anthropologists, other social scientists and those working in the humanities. The primary intent of the Centre is to investigate the relationship between language and the cultural behaviour of those who speak it. It also studies the relations between archaeology, prehistory, human biology, cognition studies and linguistics, based on in-depth empirical investigations of languages and cultures in the tropical areas, including those of the Pacific (especially the Papuan languages of New Guinea), the languages of Amazonia, and of Indigenous Australia. (The website is under construction).

Further information on the position, and the LCRC, is available from Professor Aikhenvald at Alexandra.Aikhenvald@jcu.edu.au.

University of Alberta - 2011-12-01

The position of Chair is available. More information.

Simon Fraser University - 2011-11-04

A tenure-track assistant professor position is available. More information.

University of Zürich - 2011-05-31

A doctoral assistant position and a postdoctoral position are available in the fields of morphological typology and Amerindian languages. More information.

University of Hawai'i - 2010-11-30

POSITION VACANCY
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF LINGUISTICS IN 
LANGUAGE DOCUMENTATION & CONSERVATION

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF LINGUISTICS IN LANGUAGE DOCUMENTATION AND
CONSERVATION: The Department of Linguistics at the University of
Hawai'i at Manoa invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track
position (position no. 85018) in Language Documentation and
Conservation, to begin August 1, 2011, or as soon as possible
thereafter.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Ph.D. in linguistics or related field. (ABDs
must provide evidence that all degree requirements will have been met
by the date of hire). Applicants are expected to have practical
fieldwork experience and a demonstrated commitment to the goals of
language documentation and conservation, expertise in computational
methods of data archiving, manipulation and dissemination as well as a
high-quality research record in these areas.  Evidence of superior
teaching ability in undergraduate and/or graduate linguistics courses
is required.

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS: Prior knowledge of one or more Asian and/or
Pacific languages; expertise in phonology, typology, morphology, or
field psycholinguistics. We are especially interested in candidates
who are willing to participate fully in the department's many
language documentation activities, including taking a leadership role
in the electronic journal, Language Documentation and Conservation,
and whose research and teaching interests allow them to interact with
faculty and students in the department, in other departments, and
within the community as well.

SALARY: Commensurate with experience.

TO APPLY: Send a letter of application, CV, copies of key relevant
publications, teaching and research statements, and three letters of
recommendation to: Chair, Department Personnel Committee, Department
of Linguistics, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, 1890 East-West Road,
Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.

CLOSING DATE: We will begin to evaluate applications and supporting
materials by January 14, 2011.

INQUIRIES: Same address as application. We regret that we cannot
accept applications via fax. E-mailed applications must be followed by
hard copy postmarked (priority mail) by January 14, 2010. (E-mail
address: linguist@hawaii.edu).
Please note that we cannot ensure that all e-mail or fax communications in
regard to this position will be answered.

The University of Hawai'i is an equal opportunity/affirmative action
institution. UH does not discriminate on the basis of race, color,
religion, sex, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, age,
disability or veteran status.